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Gasia mikaelian. And im dave clark. Bundle up today. Yes, we do get a break here but rain totals and theres more on the way for friday. And another on sunday. Some very heavy rain up near heels burg and winds are reporting anywhere from 34 west of town closer to selma county airport. There were very impressive numbers there. Sleepy hollow, three plus in sand rose. Santa rosa. There were three inch amounts around san rafael. San jose had fourth tenths. Cobb three and a quarter. Kelseyville was in there as well. Redwood city an inch of rain. Oakland almost an inch. Concord very respectful. The next system is stronger. I another system on sunday which may be the strongest of the bunch. We have had thunderstorm activity and hail in runner park and the city around napa earlier. General rain now from mendocino county. Looks like fairfield out to American Canyon, also towards vallejo and heshg cluz. Little hit and miss showers on the peninsula. Towards Santa Clara Valley over san mar teen, getting rain into the Santa Cruz Mountains. Much colder air coming in tomorrow night i should add. The breeze is still there. Not that strong today. There are some breaks but still some cells rotating in off the pacific so we could get isolated showers and thunderstorms but we will see a break late tonight and tomorrow and the next ban comes in for another round of wind and rain. 50s on the temps. Its 7 03 your screens are showing what . Steves theyre showing us the commute overall is doing pretty good. Especially given the fact we have rain out there in some spots and the roads are wet in certain areas. We have had minor crashes but nothing that is snarled up through the commute in any significant way. This is obviously an area of slowing. This is westbound 24 coming through lafayette as you leave the downtown walnut creek area. Youre slowing down quite a bit. A lot of moeks making this drive. Another pocket of slowing and you should be good getting through the tunnel. Lets tell you about the ride into San Francisco. As youre coming up the peninsula, that is a good looking ride up highway 101 coming up the peninsula and all the way into downtown San Francisco. Youre free and clear now. Not showing any crashes. We will go to the south bay now and ill put the maps up for you. You can see were accident free. No major issues here. Some slowing on 101 here coming up to the 680 interchange and slowing on 85 coming into sar toga. The commute looking good. 70 is the time. At this point were more than 24 hours away from the inauguration of donald trump as our countrys 45th president. The president elect made a surprise visit to his hotel in washington d. C. Last night for dinner. The events start this afternoon with a wreath laying ceremony. Then a concert at the lincoln memorial. He posted a photo on twitter showing him working on his inaugural address. The message he sends is important. He has the capacity to surprise people and thats what he really needs to do. He needs to make people take another look at him. Not juhis political opponents but who are generally frightened. The u. S. Capitol building is largely sealed off as visitors continue to pour into the city. The National Guard is gearing up for the inauguration. Troops from michigan, South Carolina and oklahoma arrived in dc yesterday. Troops are assisting local Law Enforcement with crowd control and traffic management. You can watch the inauguration live here on ktvu fox 2 beginning at 8 00 tomorrow morning. Life reports from washington d. C. Throughout the morning as well. Time is now 7 06. Parents and students heading to bay area schools this morning you may notice demonstration and a lot of activity outside the schools. A National Organization has called for a day of action today protesting Donald Trumps incoming administration. Ktvu allie rasmus outside of gal gallileo high school. Reporter a couple dozen people expected to be out here Holding Hands in front of the school and they say its meant to be a symbolic gesture to show they are protecting the school and students in light of the incoming Donald Trump Administration and so im here with this morning with susan who is with the San Francisco teachers union. They are organizing some of these events happening not only here in San Francisco but throughout the bay area. What do you have planned this morning . How many people are you expecting . The goal is to make it clear that we are educators because we care about students and we want to protect them and were expecting a crowd of probably 40 or 50 people. We are here because we want to make sure that with the Trump Administration coming in that our children will be protected. Were worried about funding cuts and were worried about the secretary for education. She had her confirmation hearing earlier this week. What are the specific things you are concerned about . Were worried about funding for Public Education. She has spoken in favor of vouchers and in favor of not providing federal funding for children with special needs and leaving it up to the states. We are talking about some of our most vulnerable students immigrants, children with special needs and were worried about bullying and we want to make sure that our schools remain a safe haven for quality education in the United States. Why do you think doing Something Like this makes a difference . What kind of message does it send . The message were sending is we will be here for our students. We will continue to be no matter what comes our way and i think that anything we do to show that is important. We dont want families to give up. Susan with the San Francisco teachers union, also the Oakland Education Association and the teach everys union says there are several planned at oakland and richmond and fremont schools as well. So be aware of if they planning on heading to school taking their kids and they see activity in this case here, its people who are Holding Hands in front of the school. In other schools ive been informed theyre doing student performances outside the school and picket lines as well. Keep in mind as you head to school. Meantime, bart is preparing for the anticipated huge crowds expected saturday at the womens marches in San Francisco and oakland. Bart trains will run on barts usual weekend schedule but bart will run longer trains to handle the thousands of people expected at the rallies on both sides of the bay. The womens march begins at 10 00 a. M. The rally in San Franciscos civic center begins at 3 00 in the afternoon. A series of three storms left a trail of destruction all around the bay area. Heavy rains, winds and storms knocked down trees and even caused damage to at least one building in San Francisco. Now the cleaning up is underway for the next big storm moves in. This wet weather overnight causing problems on the roads. In the south bay theres reports of slides and downed trees. Reporter were hearing of a mudslide off of summit road near highway 17. So were heading up to check that out. Just to give you an idea, even though it stopped raining you can see its very muddy and wet up here in the mountains. The hills are sach waited from all the rain falling off and on all night in the south bay and Santa Cruz Mountains and made the roads very slippery. The chp is out patrolling and responding to mud slides and pin outs on highway 17 for the past two weeks. We ran into a spin out earlier this morning and it stopped traffic in the northbound lanes near Redwood Estates for a while because a car there hit the guardrail and was facing the wrong direction. We also traveled to Scotts Valley this morning where we did spot a dozen pg and e trucks heading out to respond to several outages in the santa cruz area. Last night crews started working 24hour shifts to handle incidents. Theres about 12 out annals affecting more than 500 people. Other Service Providers are bracing for Stormy Weather because the rain is expected to last through the weekend. Crews are still trying to take care of a ukiah lip tus tree that fell down taking down power lines. We checked with cal trans and theres only one way traffic on Mount Hamilton road because theyre not done with clean up and repairs. Were continuing to monitor county roads as you heard from alex. Nothing major, just fender benders in the area. The rain at least where were at in the Santa Cruz Mountains has stopped for now. That region has been hammered over the past two weeks. Thank you. Dont forget to download our app before the next round of storms come in tomorrow. Heavy rain hits your neighborhood. Search for ktvu at the apple or google play store. The most Expensive Health in the country. Well give you a tour of a home with two dozen bathrooms. Also well take a look at the staggering price tag. . Q the heaviest by far was in the north bay. It came in right as advertised. The next system i think more rain, three quarters to four and last system on sunday with equal amounts. There were reports of thunder and lightning around napa. Hail reports earlier at roanoke no contest park and San Francisco. Fairfield and American Canyon and vallejo, some rain but not a lot south into the peninsula from highway 92 over to san mateo. Good rain in here from gilroy going through san martina and over santa cruz again. The sierra winter storm warning continues until noon. Theres a Winter Weather advisory up and down all week long. 40s and 50s. Brentwood at 45. Same for danville at 45. Not as windy as yesterday thank goodness. It will still be a breezy day and the midwest weather. Sun clouds and showers and possibility of showers. Next system coming in and the one on sunday looks like theyre giving us 45 inches of rain for some. Be advised were not done yet. 50s on the temps. If youre a fan of rain youll like the next five days. We wont get a break until after monday. Wow, thats a lot. A lot of snow too. Yeah, steve, thank you. A Police Shooting in San Francisco captured on body cameras. Next the confrontation shown as it escalated and why the mans family says he didnt have to be shot. New information is being released about a Police Shooting involving an unarmed man with Mental Illness in San Francisco. Police released this body camera video of the incident yesterday. The video shows shawn yelling at officers telling them to leave. Thats when a confrontation erupts. He tried to pepper stray r spy moore but the officer called him instead. The officer opens fire after being punched. San franciscos public defender who released the video says the officer needlessly caused the confrontation. This is a situation that they could have and should have been avoided. The officers had the properly used dees cue lags techniques. I think there was great restraint shown. You can hear the officer say he had something in his hand. Ures showing injuries to d both officers. The shooting is still under investigation. Now a dramatic rescue in san jose after an apartment complex went up in flames. It was located in east san jose. The fire started yesterday afternoon. Ten people are now forced to find somewhere else to live. You can see how intense the fire was. Neighbors rushed inside to save an older couple still in the burning building. The woman was sleeping upstairs when she woke to the heat of the fire and then jumped out of the second story window. Both people were taken to the hospital alodge with a third person who suffered smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Time is 7 26. The u. S. Government is changing advice for pregnant women when it comes to eating fish. We break down the better, best and avoid categories. A major San Francisco road will remain closed all day today because of a threat of a landslide. Well have the alternative route coming up. Another power house barrelled through last night. A break in the wind and rain now. Another system is poised to move in tonight and tomorrow morning. Were actually doing something we dont usually do. Were going back to a picture we showed you not long ago. The colors in the sunrise are so vivid and not quite what were used to. Thats the sky, Mother Nature at work. Some clouds and sun and streaks of bright orange. What a great way to start a thursday. A little bit of rain in there. Good news from stanley clark. Welcome back, im dave clark. Steve knows all about the sky and weather. Rock and roll, stanley clark, thank you. Hes great known for that. Yes. Thank you, yes, cold and windy and wet, take your pick. Were getting a break but its hit and miss now. Another system coming in tomorrow. Four and a quarter in the rain gauge from the last 24 hours since the second of this month, 18 inches of rain. 18 inches of rain. Thats a lot of rain. A lot. Still getting some scattered showers in here. It will be that kind of day. You will get sun, clouds, rain, and sun and clouds. Could be snow in the Higher Elevations. You can see the mixed precip. Nothing too heavy. Reports of thunder and lightning earlier in napa out towards core deal ya and vallejo core burlingame, about an inch of rain has fallen there. Gilroy and san martin. A good cell there going through. So not done yet they still continue to rotate in off the pacific. Snow up in the mountains. A winter storm watch until noon. Scattered showers coming in and should get a break here until the next system late tonight and tomorrow and looks like just as much rain on this one. Some rain today, a mix of hail and thunderstorms but sun and clouds. 50s on the temps. What would you like to start with . I dont want to get ahead of ourselves. Tomorrow mornings commute what are your thoughts . Terrible. Heavy rain tomorrow morning . Most of the day. Okay lets talk about this mornings commute ar has done well overall. Thats because theres been showers in some spots but not that heavy ch is what steve is saying is coming tomorrow morni heres a live look in oakland. You can see the freeway moving nicely in both directions moving past the coliseum this morning commute and its a nice ride up into downtown oakland. To the south bay, live picture of highway 101 here and you can see its moving along at a good pace. A few pockets of slowing moving through the downtown san jose area. No major crashes along the stretch. Thats good news. Also no crashes here in the east bay that would really make this a tougher commute. Very heavy slowing westbound 4 out of pittsburgh. Slow at 680 southbound at walnut creek. Its slow westbound on 24 through lafayette and it frees up there as you head west towards the east bay and San Francisco. 7 the time. Lee martinez is in the Diamond Heights neighborhood. The crews are trying to stabilize a hillside near pertola drive. Reporter just in the past couple of minutes we started seeing the morning commuters come down and they see the road closure here and some of them are turning around and going back up the hill. Some of them do end up going over to portola. This is shut down from the base of the hill and were told its going to remain closed until friday. Today crews are going to be repelling down the slif side to knock off the loose boulders. Some could measure the size of a small car. The city brought in geologists and engineers yesterday who said more heavy rains this week could bring more rocks down and theres also concern about the surrounding areas as well in storms. One of our big trees at our house knocked over fences and luckily no cars were there. We had in the last storm that came through about 300 trees came down which is a lot of trees. And then on congo street last night we found more damage. Fire crews say the winds and rain brought a part of a roof top crashing down on the pavement. Luckily no one was hurt. If you need to get to work and you cant take that road, you can use monterey boulevard. If you need to take muni line 44 will be rerouted to a loman neighborhood. Some geologists are coming back within the next hour to take another look at the cliff side. Were told this road is blocked all day today. All right, thank you from San Francisco, lee. The time is now 7 35. Developing news from italy. A disaster in central italy. Earlier today a huge avalanche buried a luxury hotel. As many as 30 people may be buried under the snow. Several big quakes triggered the avalanche. One body was pulled out of rubble and two people found alive. However, theres still no official word yet on casualties. The Disaster Team is having a hard time getting to the hotel because heavy snow has blocked the main roads. Happening right now, in washington d. C. This is rick perry, the confirmation hearing for former Texas Governor as Donald Trumps nominee for Energy Secretary. The New York Times is reporting when he first accepted the nomination for Energy Secretary he misunderstood the jop description. The paper says he thought he would be an advocate for expanding the u. S. Oil and gas industry. However, the American Canyon<\/a>, also towards vallejo and heshg cluz. Little hit and miss showers on the peninsula. Towards Santa Clara Valley<\/a> over san mar teen, getting rain into the Santa Cruz Mountains<\/a>. Much colder air coming in tomorrow night i should add. The breeze is still there. Not that strong today. There are some breaks but still some cells rotating in off the pacific so we could get isolated showers and thunderstorms but we will see a break late tonight and tomorrow and the next ban comes in for another round of wind and rain. 50s on the temps. Its 7 03 your screens are showing what . Steves theyre showing us the commute overall is doing pretty good. Especially given the fact we have rain out there in some spots and the roads are wet in certain areas. We have had minor crashes but nothing that is snarled up through the commute in any significant way. This is obviously an area of slowing. This is westbound 24 coming through lafayette as you leave the downtown walnut creek area. Youre slowing down quite a bit. A lot of moeks making this drive. Another pocket of slowing and you should be good getting through the tunnel. Lets tell you about the ride into San Francisco<\/a>. As youre coming up the peninsula, that is a good looking ride up highway 101 coming up the peninsula and all the way into downtown San Francisco<\/a>. Youre free and clear now. Not showing any crashes. We will go to the south bay now and ill put the maps up for you. You can see were accident free. No major issues here. Some slowing on 101 here coming up to the 680 interchange and slowing on 85 coming into sar toga. The commute looking good. 70 is the time. At this point were more than 24 hours away from the inauguration of donald trump as our countrys 45th president. The president elect made a surprise visit to his hotel in washington d. C. Last night for dinner. The events start this afternoon with a wreath laying ceremony. Then a concert at the lincoln memorial. He posted a photo on twitter showing him working on his inaugural address. The message he sends is important. He has the capacity to surprise people and thats what he really needs to do. He needs to make people take another look at him. Not juhis political opponents but who are generally frightened. The u. S. Capitol building is largely sealed off as visitors continue to pour into the city. The National Guard<\/a> is gearing up for the inauguration. Troops from michigan, South Carolina<\/a> and oklahoma arrived in dc yesterday. Troops are assisting local Law Enforcement<\/a> with crowd control and traffic management. You can watch the inauguration live here on ktvu fox 2 beginning at 8 00 tomorrow morning. Life reports from washington d. C. Throughout the morning as well. Time is now 7 06. Parents and students heading to bay area schools this morning you may notice demonstration and a lot of activity outside the schools. A National Organization<\/a> has called for a day of action today protesting Donald Trumps<\/a> incoming administration. Ktvu allie rasmus outside of gal gallileo high school. Reporter a couple dozen people expected to be out here Holding Hands<\/a> in front of the school and they say its meant to be a symbolic gesture to show they are protecting the school and students in light of the incoming Donald Trump Administration<\/a> and so im here with this morning with susan who is with the San Francisco<\/a> teachers union. They are organizing some of these events happening not only here in San Francisco<\/a> but throughout the bay area. What do you have planned this morning . How many people are you expecting . The goal is to make it clear that we are educators because we care about students and we want to protect them and were expecting a crowd of probably 40 or 50 people. We are here because we want to make sure that with the Trump Administration<\/a> coming in that our children will be protected. Were worried about funding cuts and were worried about the secretary for education. She had her confirmation hearing earlier this week. What are the specific things you are concerned about . Were worried about funding for Public Education<\/a>. She has spoken in favor of vouchers and in favor of not providing federal funding for children with special needs and leaving it up to the states. We are talking about some of our most vulnerable students immigrants, children with special needs and were worried about bullying and we want to make sure that our schools remain a safe haven for quality education in the United States<\/a>. Why do you think doing Something Like<\/a> this makes a difference . What kind of message does it send . The message were sending is we will be here for our students. We will continue to be no matter what comes our way and i think that anything we do to show that is important. We dont want families to give up. Susan with the San Francisco<\/a> teachers union, also the Oakland Education Association<\/a> and the teach everys union says there are several planned at oakland and richmond and fremont schools as well. So be aware of if they planning on heading to school taking their kids and they see activity in this case here, its people who are Holding Hands<\/a> in front of the school. In other schools ive been informed theyre doing student performances outside the school and picket lines as well. Keep in mind as you head to school. Meantime, bart is preparing for the anticipated huge crowds expected saturday at the womens marches in San Francisco<\/a> and oakland. Bart trains will run on barts usual weekend schedule but bart will run longer trains to handle the thousands of people expected at the rallies on both sides of the bay. The womens march begins at 10 00 a. M. The rally in San Francisco<\/a>s civic center begins at 3 00 in the afternoon. A series of three storms left a trail of destruction all around the bay area. Heavy rains, winds and storms knocked down trees and even caused damage to at least one building in San Francisco<\/a>. Now the cleaning up is underway for the next big storm moves in. This wet weather overnight causing problems on the roads. In the south bay theres reports of slides and downed trees. Reporter were hearing of a mudslide off of summit road near highway 17. So were heading up to check that out. Just to give you an idea, even though it stopped raining you can see its very muddy and wet up here in the mountains. The hills are sach waited from all the rain falling off and on all night in the south bay and Santa Cruz Mountains<\/a> and made the roads very slippery. The chp is out patrolling and responding to mud slides and pin outs on highway 17 for the past two weeks. We ran into a spin out earlier this morning and it stopped traffic in the northbound lanes near Redwood Estates<\/a> for a while because a car there hit the guardrail and was facing the wrong direction. We also traveled to Scotts Valley<\/a> this morning where we did spot a dozen pg and e trucks heading out to respond to several outages in the santa cruz area. Last night crews started working 24hour shifts to handle incidents. Theres about 12 out annals affecting more than 500 people. Other Service Providers<\/a> are bracing for Stormy Weather<\/a> because the rain is expected to last through the weekend. Crews are still trying to take care of a ukiah lip tus tree that fell down taking down power lines. We checked with cal trans and theres only one way traffic on Mount Hamilton<\/a> road because theyre not done with clean up and repairs. Were continuing to monitor county roads as you heard from alex. Nothing major, just fender benders in the area. The rain at least where were at in the Santa Cruz Mountains<\/a> has stopped for now. That region has been hammered over the past two weeks. Thank you. Dont forget to download our app before the next round of storms come in tomorrow. Heavy rain hits your neighborhood. Search for ktvu at the apple or google play store. The most Expensive Health<\/a> in the country. Well give you a tour of a home with two dozen bathrooms. Also well take a look at the staggering price tag. . Q the heaviest by far was in the north bay. It came in right as advertised. The next system i think more rain, three quarters to four and last system on sunday with equal amounts. There were reports of thunder and lightning around napa. Hail reports earlier at roanoke no contest park and San Francisco<\/a>. Fairfield and American Canyon<\/a> and vallejo, some rain but not a lot south into the peninsula from highway 92 over to san mateo. Good rain in here from gilroy going through san martina and over santa cruz again. The sierra winter storm warning continues until noon. Theres a Winter Weather<\/a> advisory up and down all week long. 40s and 50s. Brentwood at 45. Same for danville at 45. Not as windy as yesterday thank goodness. It will still be a breezy day and the midwest weather. Sun clouds and showers and possibility of showers. Next system coming in and the one on sunday looks like theyre giving us 45 inches of rain for some. Be advised were not done yet. 50s on the temps. If youre a fan of rain youll like the next five days. We wont get a break until after monday. Wow, thats a lot. A lot of snow too. Yeah, steve, thank you. A Police Shooting<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a> captured on body cameras. Next the confrontation shown as it escalated and why the mans family says he didnt have to be shot. New information is being released about a Police Shooting<\/a> involving an unarmed man with Mental Illness<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a>. Police released this body camera video of the incident yesterday. The video shows shawn yelling at officers telling them to leave. Thats when a confrontation erupts. He tried to pepper stray r spy moore but the officer called him instead. The officer opens fire after being punched. San franciscos public defender who released the video says the officer needlessly caused the confrontation. This is a situation that they could have and should have been avoided. The officers had the properly used dees cue lags techniques. I think there was great restraint shown. You can hear the officer say he had something in his hand. Ures showing injuries to d both officers. The shooting is still under investigation. Now a dramatic rescue in san jose after an apartment complex went up in flames. It was located in east san jose. The fire started yesterday afternoon. Ten people are now forced to find somewhere else to live. You can see how intense the fire was. Neighbors rushed inside to save an older couple still in the burning building. The woman was sleeping upstairs when she woke to the heat of the fire and then jumped out of the second story window. Both people were taken to the hospital alodge with a third person who suffered smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Time is 7 26. The u. S. Government is changing advice for pregnant women when it comes to eating fish. We break down the better, best and avoid categories. A major San Francisco<\/a> road will remain closed all day today because of a threat of a landslide. Well have the alternative route coming up. Another power house barrelled through last night. A break in the wind and rain now. Another system is poised to move in tonight and tomorrow morning. Were actually doing something we dont usually do. Were going back to a picture we showed you not long ago. The colors in the sunrise are so vivid and not quite what were used to. Thats the sky, Mother Nature<\/a> at work. Some clouds and sun and streaks of bright orange. What a great way to start a thursday. A little bit of rain in there. Good news from stanley clark. Welcome back, im dave clark. Steve knows all about the sky and weather. Rock and roll, stanley clark, thank you. Hes great known for that. Yes. Thank you, yes, cold and windy and wet, take your pick. Were getting a break but its hit and miss now. Another system coming in tomorrow. Four and a quarter in the rain gauge from the last 24 hours since the second of this month, 18 inches of rain. 18 inches of rain. Thats a lot of rain. A lot. Still getting some scattered showers in here. It will be that kind of day. You will get sun, clouds, rain, and sun and clouds. Could be snow in the Higher Elevations<\/a>. You can see the mixed precip. Nothing too heavy. Reports of thunder and lightning earlier in napa out towards core deal ya and vallejo core burlingame, about an inch of rain has fallen there. Gilroy and san martin. A good cell there going through. So not done yet they still continue to rotate in off the pacific. Snow up in the mountains. A winter storm watch until noon. Scattered showers coming in and should get a break here until the next system late tonight and tomorrow and looks like just as much rain on this one. Some rain today, a mix of hail and thunderstorms but sun and clouds. 50s on the temps. What would you like to start with . I dont want to get ahead of ourselves. Tomorrow mornings commute what are your thoughts . Terrible. Heavy rain tomorrow morning . Most of the day. Okay lets talk about this mornings commute ar has done well overall. Thats because theres been showers in some spots but not that heavy ch is what steve is saying is coming tomorrow morni heres a live look in oakland. You can see the freeway moving nicely in both directions moving past the coliseum this morning commute and its a nice ride up into downtown oakland. To the south bay, live picture of highway 101 here and you can see its moving along at a good pace. A few pockets of slowing moving through the downtown san jose area. No major crashes along the stretch. Thats good news. Also no crashes here in the east bay that would really make this a tougher commute. Very heavy slowing westbound 4 out of pittsburgh. Slow at 680 southbound at walnut creek. Its slow westbound on 24 through lafayette and it frees up there as you head west towards the east bay and San Francisco<\/a>. 7 the time. Lee martinez is in the Diamond Heights<\/a> neighborhood. The crews are trying to stabilize a hillside near pertola drive. Reporter just in the past couple of minutes we started seeing the morning commuters come down and they see the road closure here and some of them are turning around and going back up the hill. Some of them do end up going over to portola. This is shut down from the base of the hill and were told its going to remain closed until friday. Today crews are going to be repelling down the slif side to knock off the loose boulders. Some could measure the size of a small car. The city brought in geologists and engineers yesterday who said more heavy rains this week could bring more rocks down and theres also concern about the surrounding areas as well in storms. One of our big trees at our house knocked over fences and luckily no cars were there. We had in the last storm that came through about 300 trees came down which is a lot of trees. And then on congo street last night we found more damage. Fire crews say the winds and rain brought a part of a roof top crashing down on the pavement. Luckily no one was hurt. If you need to get to work and you cant take that road, you can use monterey boulevard. If you need to take muni line 44 will be rerouted to a loman neighborhood. Some geologists are coming back within the next hour to take another look at the cliff side. Were told this road is blocked all day today. All right, thank you from San Francisco<\/a>, lee. The time is now 7 35. Developing news from italy. A disaster in central italy. Earlier today a huge avalanche buried a luxury hotel. As many as 30 people may be buried under the snow. Several big quakes triggered the avalanche. One body was pulled out of rubble and two people found alive. However, theres still no official word yet on casualties. The Disaster Team<\/a> is having a hard time getting to the hotel because heavy snow has blocked the main roads. Happening right now, in washington d. C. This is rick perry, the confirmation hearing for former Texas Governor<\/a> as Donald Trumps<\/a> nominee for Energy Secretary<\/a>. The New York Times<\/a> is reporting when he first accepted the nomination for Energy Secretary<\/a> he misunderstood the jop description. The paper says he thought he would be an advocate for expanding the u. S. Oil and gas industry. However, the Energy Secretary<\/a>s main job is to oversee the Nations Nuclear<\/a> weapons and research new methods for creating energy. This morning president elect donald trump announced he plans to nominate former georgia governor sunny perdue as agriculture secretary. Mr. Trump says that he was raised on a farm and trained as a veterinarian and deeply in touch with concerns of American Farmers<\/a> and he will fight for their prosperity. The nomination completes Donald Trumps<\/a> cabinet. Today is president obamas last full day at the white house before becoming an ex president tomorrow. The final white house News Conference<\/a> which we brought you live touching on a number of topics including voting saying the u. S. Should make it easier to vote. This is fake news the notion that people want to go out and vote and dont want to. We have the opposite problem. People want to vote and cant. He was saying he supports the u. S. And russia working together but with American Values<\/a> at the forefront. This is a good example of the vital role that america has to continue to play around the world in preserving basic norms and values. The president would not comment on dozens of democrats boycotting the inauguration. He said all i know is im going to be there. Julian assange appears to be back pedalling to turn himself in if president obama granted commute to Chelsea Manning<\/a>. He accepted if manning was giving clemency however, Julian Assanges<\/a> his Attorney Says<\/a> the offer was for manning to be released immediately, not to have to wait until may. Tomorrows Inauguration Day<\/a> is moving day for president obama and his family. The movers got a head start moving the first family into their home in washington d. C. Its not quite the white house but not bad either. 8200 square feet of space and eight bedrooms and nine bathrooms. They have five hours to remove their mrongings and turn the white house over to the trump family. The obamas plan to head to palm springs for a vacation. Last night people protesting Vice President<\/a> elect mike pences positions on lgbt issues. They staged a Big Dance Party<\/a> right in front of the house where he is staying in washington. [ music ] [ music ] i want to dance with somebody [ music ] they say they are worried about the policies he will promote as president and how they affect the Lgbt Community<\/a>. Mike pence does not support same sex marriage. Once he said being gay is a choice that could signal the collapse of society. Mike pence has passed horrific anti lgbt laws and also taken stances against the Lgbt Community<\/a> and were not okay with that. The neighborhood where mike pence and his wife are renting a house is known as a liberal democrat stronghold. Before the pences moved in hundreds of neighbors put up rainbow flags, a sign of their support for gay rights. The u. S. Government is providing new advice this morning for parents and pregnant women when it comes to eating fish. The government has broken it down into three categories which are best choices for lower mercury fish and shell fish. The fda says nearly 90 of fish eaten in the u. S. Falls into this category. Theres blue fish, grouper and white tuna which they recommend one serving per week. The last category is fish to avoid. Recommendations call for adults to eat 23 servings a week. The government found 50 of pregnant women ate fewer than two ounces of fish every week, far less than recommended. Fish offers nutritional benefits important for growth and development during pregnancy and early childhood. Protesting donald trump the protests at a San Francisco<\/a> high school and their message ahead of his inauguration tomorrow. Also, big waves at beaches across the bay area, how this could create ideal waves and the reason the competition most likely wont happen. Plus, keeping an eye on your roadwaysthis morning and things overall looking okay. No may problems for traffic. Well tell you about the back ups coming up. This is called a weather tease. I give you a teaser so you will come back. Theres more rain tomorrow, more than we had yesterday. Ill show you what is going on, coming up. Michelle johnson of pittsburgh was driving to sacramento on sunday when her car went off highway 160 and crashed into the sacramento river. Her family was able to call 911 and a Good Samaritan<\/a> tried to rescue her but couldnt. The rescue crews were able to find her car. Because of bad weather conditions the family was told it could take several days before they recover their mothers body from the water. I need my mom out of the river. She is somebody. Why does she deserve to be underwater for so long for so many storms . No reason why someone should sit in some water when you know theyre there. They pinged the phone and got the call. What re evidence do we need . Doesnt make sense. The sacramento Sherif Department<\/a> uses a volunteer dive team but has reached out tonearby counties for more resources. They plan a Recovery Mission<\/a> for saturday morning. The womans children would also like to hear from the person who tried to rescue their mother. A break in forced a theater in san jose to cancel a special event planned for tonight in an effort to fight intolerance. Someone took out the glass panes from a door at the San Jose Stage Company<\/a> on north first street. The theater told the mercury news theyre still trying to figure out what was stolen. The theater was going to take part of the ghost like project. Its a nationwide event where theaters shine a light on what they call the dark days ahead under a donald trump presidency. Theaters vow to support the rights of all people including the Lgbt Community<\/a> and undocumented immigrants. Its not pouring outside right now for most of us but alex you and i talked about the fact the morning commute is problematic. But its still slick out there. I think people tend to let their guard down. The wipers arent going crazy and the rain is not pounding as youre driving. You sort of let up a bit. Theres also standing water in a lot of spots still even though for the most part the rain is subsiding, at least the heavier stuff. Heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. It extends well through the maze and ride westbound on 80 coming through berkeley and also pretty slow now. Highway 24, there you go, all jammed up heading westbound coming through lafayette and it will free up when you are coming through the tunnel. No crashes in the area. Thats the good news. As we take you to the maps i will tell you about a couple crashes. Sounds like its a two car accident. Northbound 101 at wood side in redwood city, a two car accident that just came on the screen here doesnt look like its showing a huge back up there on the maps but well keep an eye on it. Another crash if youre headed westbound on highway 84 towards the bridge east of the toll plaza. Chp still working on an accident there. 7 47 is the time. A few more showers today. Tomorrow is rain. Tomorrow morning commute will be difficult like last evening. A lot of ponding on the roadways because more heavy rains coming in, were getting hes been down for the count for three days but now hes back and dials up a nice shot. Thank you kevin. Go back to sleep now. I kouled him the other day and said, how are you feeling . Hes back and good to see him again. Ridge wood area, rain gauge overflowing yesterday at 6 p. M. With five inches of rain pouring all day. We talked about this. I thought Sonoma County<\/a> north would get the most and they did. Kelseyville 3. 29. The heaviest by far was north of the golden gate so theres our first system. Theres isolated 34 miles but the next is heavier. The one on sunday is right on par with that as well. Theres a cold low dropping on monday and we should get a break until early february. Most of these breaks dont last that long. Hit and miss on this but nothing too heavy. Although they pop up quick. Could be snow mix and higher peaks, next 24 hours keep an eye on that. Some rain there moving through again. A general rain and good cells moving through napa early this morning. San ramon to hayward, looks like the canyon heading up 580 there. Getting good rain, Castro Valley<\/a> had about an inch. Right back over to 92 a little bit on the foster city and san mateo side. Right back over towards south of morgan hill, gilroy, 152. 4 in brentwood. Its cold and theres cool air coming in. Winter storm warning continuing up in the mountains until noon. 28 in truckee. Reports of 616 inches of snow in higher peaks. Its all snow being reported now in bear valley and South Lake Tahoe<\/a>. Even niac had good snow. We get a break and another route, you see these lines coming in. You can get isolated thunderstorms and reports of hail. Heres the next system just moving right in and developing. It has a lot of support again and i think well get another round of moderate to heavy rain tonight and tomorrow. Theres breaks today. A mix of sun and clouds. Tomorrow rain and wind and sun and clouds on saturday. Cold little system on monday to get snow levels up noshth. North. The storms are causing dangerous conditions for bay area. Boaters and beach goers. The marin county took pictures of their fire kraus in the rain. Theyre expected through the weekend along the coast from sonoma down to monterey. The coast guard reminds boaters to have radios that work and also life jackets. Waves bigger than 30 feet are expected at the site of the mavericks surf contest near Half Moon Bay<\/a>. Its not likely the suffering competition will be cold. Organizers are waiting for perfect swells before they summon the surfers. If it doesnt happen by march 31st the competition will be put on hold until november. The sierra picked up more s storm. Drivers on 280 dealing with slippery roads but not as bad as last nowstorm. Drivers are reminded to slow down, be careful and chains are required on both interstate 80 and highway 50. The time is 7 51. He wants his music to get back where it belongs. Up next, paul mc cartnys lawsuit involving him and sony music. One Bay Area Company<\/a> under fire for alleged job discrimination. Doctors are treating george h. W. Bush for complications with pneumonia. Doctors say hes conscious and alert. Barbara bush is in the same hospital being treated for bronchitis. Shes taking antibiotics. A Spokes Person<\/a> says the former president and his wife both in their 90s now and have been very act tiff in the community active. Its the love of life and determination to give back when you help others. When you help others you get more out of it than the people you help. George h. W. Bush sent a letter to donald trump apologizing for not being at tomorrows inauguration. The couple celebrated their 77th wedding anniversary two weeks ago. Oracle may have to pay millions of dollars in federal contracts. The lawsuit claims they pay white men more money than women, African Americans<\/a> or asians with the same job. They accuse them of discriminating in favor of asians for technical jobs. They are a federal contractor for software and hardware products. The lawsuit is asking the federal contracts be cancelled until the company is complying with anti discrimination laws. The warriors beat the Oklahoma City<\/a> thunder. 121100 last night. Clay thompson who was in portland yesterday morning visiting his ill grandfather made it back to oakland in time for the game. Kevin dur rant dominated his old team with 40 points. They won 121100 and lost david west, a fractured thumb out at least two weeks. Time is 7 57. Time to check in with frank and Gasia Mikaelian<\/a>. Everywhere you look in washington theres a fence. The final preparation underway for the guration of donald trump. More rock slides and damage across the bay area. Why were getting a break from the storm and when you can expect more hard rain to come. Theres been some rain out there this morning. The roads are wet in some spots but overall the commute is looking good. Obviously your usual spots are slowing. Well tell you about the areas where youre hitting the brakes, coming up. While the north had the most rain yesterday, we get a break now and it came across mom moth mountain. Theres more snow on the way mammoth. . Q 0. Well show you the events and demonstrations happening in morning before Donald Trumps<\/a> inauguration. Mornings on two continues with how to prepare for the storm. Welcome back. What is that . I think the sun. Oh my gosh. Its made a chicken return. Dont get used to it. Wont be there long. Welcome back everybody, good morning, welcome to mornings on two. Its thursday january 19th. Happy to have you here. Im Gasia Mikaelian<\/a>. Lets talk about the weather and traffic. This is a brief break in the rain. Steve has been telling us theres much more to come. The information is coming in from the mountains on incredible snow totals. Maam mouth have just had their snowiest january so far. Theres another system tonight and tomorrow and one more on sunday. 16 inches of snow is that noticeable in the sierra . North star sitting at 293 inches thats nearly 25 feet. Thats up to the top of the lift. Many many reports coming in like that. Also some good rain here but the snow continues up in the sierra. At least until probably early this afternoon. You can see its still at South Lake Tahoe<\/a> and truckee. Theyre all reporting more snow and for us, really good rain. Cottages at point rays 40 inches of rain. 54 overcast and all come now in innerness. N county up to mendocino was the bullseye yesterday. Scattered showers coming in yesterday. You can get reports of hail and snow in Higher Elevations<\/a> more likely tomorrow night. Colder air comes in over dublin. That one over hayward and Castro Valley<\/a> is coming down good on the san mateo foster city side. Although looks like its falling apart and still rain rumbling through areas around santa cruz and gilroy getting hit again. 40s and 50s on the temp. S. Scattered showers today but the next system is on its way for another round of rain statewide. 50s on the temps. All right, alex, are things improving or getting worse . Right about where they have been all morning. We caught a break here i think. Because the heavier rain as you pointed out tapered off. Theres pockets with showers but overall no major crashes snarling up the morning commute. Usual slow spots here we go with one of them. The traffic is picked up here over the last hour. You can see theres some ing northbound especially on 880 coming the coliseum and the slow stuff extends up to downtown oakland this morning. Now i want to show you the scene in the south bay and you can see this is a live look at interstate 280 and you are going to find slow traffic southbound 280 leading up to the 17 connector, thats quite heavy in the area. Ill show you maps here, a big picture look at the east bay. Heavy traffic westbound four coming out of pittsburgh and over the hill into concord. Thats slow and also heavy traffic westbound 24 coming through lafayette. 8 03 is the time. Gasia mikaelian back to you. More than 24 hours away from the inauguration of donald trump. New video to showof a motorcade escorting him in new york city. Hes on his way to the airport where he will then flay to washington d. C. For his inauguration ceremony tomorrow. Already the u. S. Capitol building in dc is largely saled off as visitors continue to pour into the city. Inaugural events start this afternoon with a replaying at the tomb of the unknown sollier and concert at the lincoln memorial. The National Guard<\/a> is gearing up for the inauguration. They all arrived in washington d. C. Yesterday. The troops are assisting local Law Enforcement<\/a> with crowd control and traffic management. You can watch the inauguration live here on ktvu fox two. Coverage begins at 8 00 tomorrow morning. You will have live reports from washington d. C. Before the inauguration throughout mornings on two. Teachers concerned about that you are future under the incoming Trump Administration<\/a>. Some are taking part in a day of action in San Francisco<\/a> and other cities across the bay area this morning. Allie rasmus is live in San Francisco<\/a> with whats happening. Reporter the event here wrapped up 15 minutes ago. The teachers who had taken part in the demonstration outside the school have now gone into class. Lets show you the video from earlier. There were 30 teachers from Gallieo High School<\/a> to protect their students and institution of Public Education<\/a>. The Vice President<\/a> says members feel as though theyre under attack by the incoming Trump Administration<\/a> particularly because of his choice for secretary of education. The confirmation hearing was held in washington d. C. Earlier this week. So far our president elect has not has chosen to be somebody the secretary of education who has absolutely no personal experience with Public Education<\/a> and is anti Public Education<\/a>. Shes in favor or privatizing through vouchers. Reporter the vouchers would allow families to use public taxpayer money to pay for tuition at private schools. This day of action was called for by the alliance to reclaim our schools. A dozen other schools in San Francisco<\/a> and oakland are participating. This is the scene outside brett heart high school. Teachers and students have planned spoken poetry and performs and picket lines. Our question of the day, are you par tis 35i9ing in a protests or ignoring it or just going about your day . My page is blowing up. Well read those later participating. Three storms left an area of destruction in the area last night. Causing a lot of damage to one building in San Francisco<\/a> and now the clean up is underway for the nks big storm moving in. Wet weather overnight is causing problems on the roadways in the south bay. Live in the Santa Cruz Mountains<\/a> where theres reported land slides. Reporter yeah, we just came up from one of the mud slides. Two of them off of highway 17 and summit. There were several trees down and we saw part of a hillside collapsed. Here is new video that we just took in the last 30 minutes. Someone in the backyard came crashing down in this mudslide and looks like its part of their backyard. You can see the decks destroyed and a hot tub that was sitting up there also slid down the hill. The road is closed and for good reason. You can see further down another mudslide happening overnight and its a big mess there. There are signs warning people to stay away because its very slippery. The Santa Cruz Mountains<\/a> have been hit hard with rain these past couple of weeks so the hillsides are sach waited and the trees and land underneath is giving way. The rain overnight kept the chp quite busy. They have been responding to slides and crashes on highway 17. We ran into a spin out earlier this morning stopping traffic in the northbound lanes for a while because a car hit the guardrail facing the wrong direction. The downed trees have taken down power lines throughout the south bay. We know last night pge crews started working 24hour shifts. We just checked and theres still 12 outages affecting more than 500 people. A lot to be aware of and of course Service Providers<\/a> everywhere and crews responding to emergencies are on alert. This rain is expected to last through the weekend. Theres high surf warnings beginning tomorrow. Residences in downtown san rafael dealing with a foot of water. We have a look at it this morning after it was shut down because of toppled trees and high winds. Dont forget to download our weather app before the next round of storms roll in. An avalanche disaster at a luxury hotel. Why its so difficult to get information on this mornings tragedy in the italian mountains. First, Police Shooting<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a> and its all captured on body camera. Why the mans family says he didnt have to be shot. A busy commutnd the bay area. A lot spots of slowing, especially in the east bay. Well tell you about this commute coming through oakland. Were in one of the patterns where you just wait five minutes. Sun and cloud and heavy rain leaving. Thats what were having today. Tomorrow its back to the rain. New information being released about a Police Shooting<\/a> that involves an unarmed man with Mental Illness<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a>. Police released this video of the incident yesterday showing shawn moore yelling at officers telling them to leave then the confrontation erupts. The officer tries to pepper spray moore and hits the other officer instead. He punches the officer and thats when shaw opened fire. The public defender released this video saying the officers needlessly caused the confrontation. This is a situation that could have and should have been avoided. The officers had been properly using techniques would have gone home. In this particular case there was great restraint shown as you can hear the officers say he has something in his hand. At his own News Conference<\/a> the pohief showed pictures showing injuries to both officers. He will not say the shooting was justified or still under investigation. Peta is calling for the boycott of the upcoming movie a dogs purpose. The video shows a german shepard being forced into rough waters during filming. That person has been placed on leave while this inincident is investigating. The producer says the dog was not forced to complete the scene and dog is fine. A dramatic rescue in san jose after an apartment complex went up in flames. The fire started yesterday afternoon and ten people are now without a home. You can see how intense the fire was too from this video. Neighbors rushing to save an older couple still inside. The woman upstairs sleeping when she woke up to the heat from the fire and jumped out of the second story window. We broke in and all we saw was a lady that jumped up to the floor and the older man was burned from the face and hair. The woman who landed safely, her husband who neighbors say has alzheimers made it out but badly burned. A third person suffered smoke inhale United Nations<\/a> and the cause of the fire still under investigation inhalation. One Person Injured<\/a> in a fire in Castro Valley<\/a>. It was reported last night on higher avenue. The flames there causing major damage. One woman living at the home taken to the hospital after suffering some minor injuries. Seven others got out of the burning home safely. Investigators still looking for a cause of the fire. 8 16. Driving around the bay area has been problematic this morning. It certainly has. Good news is we havent had major accidents to mess up the morning commute and thankfully the rain kind of let up in many spots. We are the bay bridge toll plaza, a live look at it. You can see a significant back up extended to the maze and well beyond. Once you get on the bay bridge i should also point out you will encounter slow traffic across the span. Coming through oakland its been difficult here this morning not necessarily because of any crashes im showing but you can see here the northbound 880 is jammed up from about the coliseum up into the downtown area and your alternative is 580 westbound also very slow. Were showing slow traffic from westbound and it frees up once you get to grand. Now, finally here, lets take a live look here at the san mateo bridge and you can see traffic moving along okay. The folks on the right hand side headed westbound towards the peninsula. You see slow traffic about half way across the span. 8 17 is the time. Steve is here. The rainy forecast. That is correct. Thunderstorms going through Half Moon Bay<\/a> now. A closer look at that coming up. Mammoth mountain recorded at the main lodge. We hit 165 inches in january alone. Our season total is now 268 thats a record for Mammoth Mountain<\/a> in january. Two three inches of snow in this season so theres more on the way. Theres mammoth getting some. Theres more towards tahoe and truckee. Thats the cell that went through Half Moon Bay<\/a>. So here we go again. The possibility of not only more thunder and lightning but reports of hail coming in. Highway 1 heading towards wood side and redwood city. They tend to weaken but theyre there. Its like getting a paint brush. So we get sun and clouds and showers. The same is picking up. Another cell near heldz burg chlth this whole month they had the most we saw over the last 24 hours. A good cell went through hayward over to Castro Valley<\/a>. Now into livermore heading to the at mont pass. Altamont. Rain beginning to pick up in advance of the next system. Gilroy is getting their fair share. Its been relentless for them down there. 40s on the temps and very cold for some. Not cold enough for snow yet. Theres still some cold air that has to swing in here along with scattered showers. A mix of sun and showers. More rain and in fact, i think its heavy for some. Theres rain in southern california. Everybody is getting beneficial rain and theres snow in the mountains for everybody as well. Rain and wind arrive on friday, similar saturday to what were having today and another system on monday. Steve, i got to thank you. I was live yesterday. Get ready, it was coming down. Where did you finally end up . We went through mills valley. Three inches of san el samo. It was a star studded night in los angeles. Up next, highlights from last nights peoples choice awards. Stay with us. . Q this goes to the costars aye had except the rock because he hasnt helped me at all. My talent has went down since you have been in my life. Kevin hart thanked everyone for dwayne the rock johnson. Other awards including Justin Timber<\/a> lake for favorite male artist and the bay areas own tom hanks won for dramatic movie actor. He talked about one of his heroes, the late raiders quarterback kenny the snake stabler. A friend of mine says may you sleep in peace and wake in joy. Thank you very much if you work hard enough you can. Other winners include e len dedegeneres who won her 20th award. Over 250 songs paul mc cartny wrote with john len non. Hes been trying to get the beatles songs back since the 1980 when Michael Jackson<\/a> outbid him for the rights. They sold the songs to sony last year. A fan theory years in the making that all movies are linked by some small little details. The company has posted a video on its Facebook Page<\/a> that shows links in more than a dozen films. Well thats very nice. You know what . Im actually excited about this. There you go, some films are connected by small clues and others by major characters. Look for other clears in the upcoming pixar film cocoa hitting theaters in november. A true passion for firefightering and hes only five years old. Im going to hold the flashlight here. Logan is planning to be a fire chief when he grows up and he has his gear as you can see. Its no surprise when the boy out of pennsylvania rushed to help when a fire broke out across the street from his house. There was a fire so i was willing to fight it. I got dressed and put on my gear. For logan fighting fires is a family apair. His dad is currently a firefighter in the city of chester and pennsylvanias grandfather just retired after fighting fires for 30 years. Hes well on his way. Time is 8 26. Developing news out of italy after an avalanche buries a luxury mountain resort. The challenges crews are facing. A major San Francisco<\/a> road is closed all day today because of the threat of a landslide. Well tell you the alternative routes coming up. Slow traffic around the bay area. Well tell you about the commute in the east bay and also tell you how the ride looks in the south bay as well. Theres a mix of sun and clouds but a very strong cell over mon ter row and Half Moon Bay<\/a>. Looks like its heading to wood side and redwood city. Well show you that coming up. Increase speed, full throttle over intercom ann, are you coming in . Negative stay on target. What are you guys doing . Artoo, thrusters theyre closing in ill guard the base. For every family that lives star wars, this is the place where star wars lives. Where a galaxy far, far away. Is closer than ever before. Move along. Come join us. During season of the force. Now at the Disneyland Resort<\/a>. And right now you can save on premium rooms at a Disneyland Resort<\/a> hotel. Bright clouds in the sky. Sun bouncing off the sky. Is that blue . Yes, all that rain we have been getting over the past two weeks, this is a brief break and i stress that word brief. Steve is back to talk to us about continued rain through the weekend and when we first get our nice few good dry days. Today is a good day to take a breath. Take it easy. Its a busy day. Glad youre here. Im Frank Malachi<\/a> and lets go to steve to find out about round two. We have 1a, theres thunderstorms on the san mateo coast. Half moon bay and el grenada. This is heading towards redwood city on wood side. This could have hail embedded in that and some reports of thunder at least so far. A couple reports coming in and eventually its heading to loss al toes. Maybe the southern edge is san jose. Its also rainbow weather. What a morning. Thunderstorms and downpours and two rainbows in napa so far. Also reports in sonoma. Sun and clouds and scattered showers. We can get more rain. Im sure we will. Cells keep rotating in so thats throughout the day. 40s and 50s on the temps. Cold air as well is beginning to filter in. Snow continues up in the sierras so the winter storm warning there, our next system developing late here tonight and tomorrow for another round of rain and one more system on sunday. I would think alex some of that on the peninsula, some of the red there on the traffic. Ill take a peak at the map there. 280 yeah. Theres slow spots there. Ill keep tabs on it absolutely. The rain popped up in different spops around the bay area and as we know when it gets to heavy rain, we tend to see crashes popping up on the maps here in the traffic center. We havent had anything major as of yet. Nothing really messing up the morning commute. A lot of the usual slowing. You can see from this live picture in lafayette. The rain not falling in that area. Depends on where you are and where your commute takes you. Westbound on 24, heavy slowing coming out of walnut creek. In the east bay here, this is a live look at the east shore freeway. The folks are headed westbound moving along okay westbound along interstate 80 heading towards the mac arthur maze. Usual back up at the toll plaza and slowing across the bay bridge into San Francisco<\/a>. Finally here ill show you on the maps what the ride looks like on the peninsula where steve was talking about cells moving through there. Northbound 101 you will see slowing coming up into redwood city and also slow through san mateo. Well keep tabs on that and see if theres crashes or anything that pops up here. 8 32 is the time. Back over to Gasia Mikaelian<\/a> and frank. The threat of rock slides has forced a busy bay area road to be closed. Lee tells us city crews trying to stabilize the hillside. She joins us live with an update. How are we doing . Reporter we did end up moving up here to get a better look. They have the spins up here and no cars are allowed. You can see the big rocks up there. I dont know if you can see the crews up there. Were told the area theyre in is where the danger zone i guess is where they have to take these rocks out and some crews are repelling down the hillside to kick out more rock. Some of these boulders could measure the size of a small car. More heavy rains this week could bring rocks down and they want to keep them from falling on to vehicles or pedestrians. This rod is closed from the base of the hill up to portola and public works says its until friday before it will be reopened. Its closed off to cars. No timing yet when this will be reopened. If you have to drive use Diamond Heights<\/a> or monterey boulevard. Muni line 44 is being directed. So not getting on this road until sometime on friday. Thank you, leigh. There are plenty of other problems tied to the Stormy Weather<\/a>. The bridge closed five hours due to a dozen downed trees blocking a stretch of highway 160. Kraus were able to remove the trees around 1 30 this morning. A fallen tree also causing big problems in downtown oakland. A crash down last night near 15th street and Martin Luther<\/a> king jr way uprooting the sidewalk and knocking down power lines. The tree will be removed later this morning. Following developing news just out of central italy today. We just received new video of the rescue efforts following a deadly avalanche at Luxury Resort<\/a> hotel. As many as 30 people may be buried under snow. Just a short time ago one man was pulled out of the crumbled building. Theres believed to be two other survivors. A er raze of avalanches triggered the snow. Rick perry addressed his previous statements that the department of energy should be abolished. My past state made over five years about abolishing the department of energy do not reflect by current thinking. After being briefed on so many of the vital functions i regret recommending its elimination. He said he wanted to eliminat three agencies but could only remember two of them. The one he forgot was the energy department. Donald trump plans to nominate former georgia governor to serve as agriculture secretary. He said purdue having been raised on a farm and trained as a veterinarian is deeply in touch with the concerns of American Farmers<\/a> and will fight for their prosperity. His cabinet is complete with this nomination. Today is president obamas full day at the white house before becoming expresident tomorrow. He touched on a number of topics including voting saying the United States<\/a> should make it easier for americans to vote. This is fake news. The notion that there are a whole bunch of people out there going out there and not eligible to vote and want to vote. We have the opposite problem a lot of people are eligible to vote but dont. The president also spoke about Foreign Policy<\/a> saying he supports the u. S. And russia working together on shared goals but with American Values<\/a> at the forefront. 2 president would not comment on dozens of lawmakers boycotting the inauguration inauguration of donald trump. He said all he knows is he will be there. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange<\/a> will remained holed up in the Ecuador Embassy<\/a> in london. Hes been there since 2012. He tweeted he will accept extradition to the u. S. If obama grants clemency to Chelsea Manning<\/a> but he says the term was that he would be released immediately, not having to wait until may. Moving the first family into their brand new home in washington d. C. Got quite the start today. 8200 square feet and 8 bedrooms and nine bathrooms its big. Tomorrow morning the obama family will only have five hours to remove their belongings and turn the white house over to the trump family. They then plan to head to palm springs for a much deserved vacation. Warm weather instaid of dc weather. Big waves at beaches across the bay area, how it could create ideal waves for the maf ricks surf competition but the reason it most likely wont happen. Lots of slow traffic around the bay area, especially in the east bay. Ill tell you about the ride coming out of the walnut creek area and the commute trying to get to San Francisco<\/a> this morning. A thunderstorms rumbling through the peninsula now starting in Half Moon Bay<\/a> over 280. Its going right into the redwood city. Well tack a closer look at that coming up right here. 0 oofrments breaking news in here. Federal investigators have closed a probe into tesla into the accident that happened in florida last may. They have closed their investigation without issuing a recall according to a number of news agencies. Well stay on top of this and learning more. Pam cook is joining us with more in money and business. The United States<\/a> federal investigation into the auto pilot death of a man in a tesla vehicle has been closed and there does not appear to be a recall issued. More from pam cook on this in minutes. On to the weather now, the storms are causing dangerous conditions for bay area boaters and beach goers as well. The marin county Firefighter Department<\/a> took photos. They chose these conditions because they never know what to expect when its time for a real life rescue. We have rescue water craft, inflatable boats and fire boats all in bad condition so when we respond to these incidents we have to be prepared for them. Rain and big waves expected throughout the weekend. The coast guard says boaters should have radios that work and of course life jackets as well if you walk your dog to the beach,stay away from the water and dont tray to rescue your dog if it gets caught up in the surf. Right outside of Half Moon Bay<\/a>, still unlikely the surfing competition will be called. Organizers waiting for the perfect swells before they some mon the best surfers. If that doesnt happen by march 31st the competition will be put on hold until next november. More snow into the sierras. The usual slow downs and slippery roads but they say its nowhere near as bad as it was during last weeks big snowstorm. Still drivers are being reminded to slow it down and use caution. Right now chains are required if youre heading up to the sierra on interstate 80 and highway 50. Two east bay siblings making an emotional plea to rescue crews days after their mother was killed in a car crash. Her car went off highway 160 and crashed into the sacramento river. Her family says she was able to call 911 and a Good Samaritan<\/a> tried to rescue her but couldnt. Rescue crews found her car but the family says they were told it could take several more days before they recover their mothers body from the water. I need my mom to get out i need her out of the river. Shes somebody why does she deserve to be underwater for so long . No reason why somebody should just sit in some water when you know theyre there. They got the call, what more evidence do we need . Doesnt make sense. The sacramento volunteer department uses a dive team. They are planning a mission for saturday morning. The womans children would also like to hear from the person who tried to rescue their mother. Break in forcing a theater to cancel a special event that was planned for tonight to fight intel rans. Someone removed the glass panes. The theater tells the mercury news they are still assessing what was stolen inside. The theater was going to take part in the ghost like project. Theaters shine a light on what they call the dark days ahead under a donald trump presidency. Theater support the rights of all people including the Lgbt Community<\/a> and undocumented immigrants. Slick roads, not a ton of rain coming down but still its been a rough morning commute. A lot of slow traffic in many areas. Good morning to you and one of the spots still having difficulty recovering is the bay bridge toll plaza. A live look there. The back up still extends to the maze. I can tell you that interstate 880 westbound coming through richmond and berkeley is actually doing okay. The ride across the span itself into the city is actually showing signs of improvement. Now let me take you to and d up north that your all past coliseum and the back up extends about up into the downarea this morning so things are crawling along there through oakland. Lastly well show you on the maps the peninsula where steve just talked about one of these storm cells moving through the peninsula and we havent seen any serious crashes thankfully but were showing slow traffic 280 northbound coming up from daly city. The back up extends to the 101 interchange. It is slow as welcoming into downtown San Francisco<\/a>. 847 tim similar is the time. Here he is, a strong cell going through there now alex from Half Moon Bay<\/a>. Heavy rain and thunder here in redwood city. Theres your cell through grenada. Its been pouring seeing reports in Half Moon Bay<\/a>. Redwood city and san mateo heading towards palo alto but looks like burlingame and wood side. Theres the storm track there. So its heading over towards menlo park and eventually towards milpitas. Highway 84 is getting rain and also picking up on 92 i would think on the foster city side thats intense. Theres a line of showers rotating through and theres more stacked up now lining up on the marin coast. A good cell here, over to highway 29 there could be snow mixed in there later on tonight and tomorrow. Also berkeley, you can see a cell there going parallel to highway 24. Thats the main cell which is popped up there in and that line is heading over towards fremont and east bay as well. Not done yet. Snow up in the sierra, the winter storm warning until noon. Some totals coming in are incredible. 265 for the season at maam mom moth. 165 inches in january for Mammoth Mountain<\/a>. This is a rainbow type of weather pattern. Suns and clouds and heavy rain. Our next system is taking shape and beginning to move towards summer. Thunderstorms and mix of hail. Theres more rain and wind on friday. One more system on sunday. The Weather Department<\/a> is busy the next few days. Were dancing as fast as we can, thats correct. Well done. Okay stooe. Coming up, the u. S. Government is changing its advice for parents and pregnant women when it comes to eating fish. Were breking down the better, the best and what to avoid category, stay right there. This is one cabinet member with a direct impact on businesses and stocks. More on that, lets check in with pam cook. Ive been watching this in our newsroom this morning. The confirmation hearing going on now. Steven says hes going to work with the irs to close loopholes in the tax code. Thats one thing hes promised. The nominee for treasury secretary was a partner at Goldman Sachs<\/a> and coowned west bank. During the Senate Finance<\/a> committee he addressed democratic attacks with his history of foreclosures. Hes also been criticized for offshore accounts and his tax practices and the potential for the Trump Administration<\/a> to reduce taxes on the wealthy. Well continue to watch this confirmation hearing and more throughout the day on ktvu. Also new information about the tesla investigation. Gasia mikaelian was just talking about this ten minutes ago. The federal government has completed a probe into a deadly crash last may in florida. You might remember it. It involved a tesla model s in auto pilot mode. Authorities did not find evidence of defects. They will not issue recalls because of this however, theres some criticism of the company. The feds will hold a news briefing at the top of the hour on tesla. More on that. Netflix shares are up strong this morning. We talked about it yesterday. They were reporting earnings of almost 9 4000000 subscribers worldwide. It issued a strong guidance for the current quarter. They admit they have more competition ahead particular ri from hbo. They predict its rival will offer a full season of shows released on demand before they air on television. Tell watching definitely changing. The u. S. Government providing new guidelines for pregnant women when it comes eating fish. Theres the best choices which are lower mercury fish and shell fish such as salmon, shrimp and pollock. 90 of the fish eaten in the u. S. Fall into that category. Ten theres blue fish, grouper and halibut. The last category is the fish to avoid. Recommendations call for adults who eat 23 serves of fish a week and kids should have 12 servings. Say family owned business in china town has something to celebrate. They recently added the golden gate Fortune Cookie<\/a> to the company. It hoped in china town in 1962 by a family that immigrated from china. Every day people around the world visit their shop. The company is looking ahead to next saturday when they will be busy for the new year. You can watch the parade in San Francisco<\/a> on february 11th. Our coverage starts at 6 00 with julie and ben and hopefully too early to ask steve. Rain or shine, everybody comes out. Are we on cable cars . Yes, we are. That will be my first well teach him waving. OnBay Area Company<\/a> under fire for job discrimination. . Q all the care your family needs. All connected for you. We need to be ready for my names Scott Strenfel<\/a> and r im a meteorologist at pg e. We make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may impact their energy. So every single day were monitoring the weather, and when storm events arise our forecast get crews out ahead of the storm to minimize any outages. During storm season we want our customers to be ready and stay safe. Learn how you can be prepared at pge. Com beprepared. Together, were building a better california. An update on if former george h. W. Bush. He remains in the icu in a houston hospital. Doctors say hes conscious and alert. Barbara bush in the same hospital suffering from bronchitis. Shes now on an antibiotics. The former president and his wife now both into their 90s have stayed active in the community. They dont want to come out and we dont want them out. Whatever that takes doctors are not guest malting right now. Earlier in the month, president bush sent a letter saying his health prevented him from attending tomorrows inauguration. The bushes were able to celebrate their 72nd wedding anniversary two weeks ago. The Labor Department<\/a> is suing oracle for pay discrimination and it may end up costing them millions of dollars in federal contacts. The claim is they pay them more money than African American<\/a> men and asians and women. The lawsuit is asking that oracles federal contract be cancelled until the company has complied with anti discrimination laws. The miscalculated costs by 1. 9 1. 9 billion last year that has contributed to the governors projection of a deficit. A projected 1. 6 billion deficit and a spokesmen for the department of finance calls the mistake a straight up error in accounting which they deeply regret. California Tax Collections<\/a> were also below expectations. Golden state warrior fans are celebrating after the warriors beat the Oklahoma City<\/a> thunder. Kevin durant had 40 points and the warriors win 121100. Tense moments of the Warriors Center<\/a> was charged with a foul for taking down okc superstar russell westbrook. After the game he said he hit him hard and he will get him back but he says its part of the game and hes done it before. The warriors and okc play again february 11th in Oklahoma City<\/a>. Today at 9 00, local protests today and through the weekend as donald trump prepares to take office. Mud slides and downed trees as another storm moves through the bay area. Plus, turning bad times into stand up comedy. The local comedian making his way to the national stage. 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