but look at that heavy precipitation right now from emeryville into berkeley. piedmont light to moderate rainfall. we have heavy rain on 101 out of petaluma into novato. marinwood into san rafael. your morning commute is going to be sloppy if you are heading into san francisco. light to moderate rainfall and now heavy precipitation around the richmond district.

you're looking at alameda, emeryvil emeryville, oakland, wet for the evening commute. lighter showers from santa clara to san jose and it's steady light rain in the north bay. get ready for a bigger storm. we are tracking a strong storm with live doppler 7. this one has the atmospheric river connection and that moisture is aimed right at the bay area which means a level 3 storm. it's a strong storm coming in for tuesday. highest impacts in the north bay, santa cruz mountains. strong winds and power outages likely. hydroplaning, stream and creek flooding and trees down are very likely. watch out for power outages as well. right now the rivers are looking just fine. hour-by-hour look, unfortunately it coincides with one part of your commute. details on that coming up. >>> breaking news. just announced, the 49ers have a new head coach. former falcons offensive coordinator, kyle shanahan, has officially semd taccepted the position. shanahan was with the falcons the past two seasons and led the league's offense. he now joins forces with former stanford player, john lynch. >

mike, as i'm looking at the emeryville camera, it looks dark. >> that's right. as you look at the map, no slowing. it is slow across the lower deck. you can't see the tunnel, which is normally lit up. you can't see the tower. i'm told the lower deck is also in the dark. some sort of power issue. chp and caltrans is aware of it. there is a good volume of traffic. the lights for the street are on, not the metering lights. >> mike, thank you so much. following breaking news out of san francisco this morning. homicide investigation has shut down several streets in the city. this video from the scene just into the newsroom. we are asking police for the exact chain of events. we'll have updates and bring them to you as soon as they come in. >>> we continue to follow a developing story out of oroville. >> mandatory evacuation order has been lifted but some aren't going home just yet. >> here's why. another series of storms is approaching that could bring two to four inches the next few days. >> yesterday a disaster declaration was issued. now there is a race against ti

. >>> hey, good morning, it's a live shot from our emeryville camera. if you want to jump on the bay bridge, now might be a good time. no traffic there as we can see it in the distance, but beware, it is wet out there and lisa argen's going to tell us how much rain we could expect over the next week. coming up. >>> one of the largest opium seizures ever in california just happened right here in the bay area. police arrested jasvir singh and his wife donna santo after a three-month investigation. yesterday, abc7 news was in mountain view where detectives say singh was processing and selling opium poppy pods out of his apartment. police found 4,000 pounds packed into a storage lockers. that's worth $400,000. they say the couple imported large quantities from overseas, then ground it into a fine powder to sell to people who turned it into a potent illegal tea. and neighbors can't believe it. >> wow. opium. weird. very strange. >> officers also found $30,000 in cash inside singh's home. >>> a tiny device is providing a big advantage for patients fighting br

in emeryville it's raining lightly. 54, 55 or 56 novato, fairfield, concord and livermore. at the golden gate a few minutes ago it was pouring. it's still wet there. these are our pictures. we have some downpours now but scattered showers overnight. our storm impact scale indicates that the storm for tonight and tomorrow will be a lighter one ranking only one on the storm impact scale. we can he cexpect scattered sho overnight. here is our forecast animation. during the remainder of the night we'll see pockets of rain and showers pushing through the bay area. we'll see lots of wet weather, light to moderate rainfall in many areas. it begins to ease up by midday and into the afternoon and evening hours a bit of a dry break tomorrow. early sunday morning the next storm comes in that will bring more drenching rains. we expect four to eight inches of snow above 6,000 feet. dangerous driving conditions and a winter storm watch is in effect. significant snow accumulation. strong gusty winds and travel e delays likely, of course. the accuweather seven-day forecast. so tomorrow's s

this is a live look from emeryville. spencer will return to update the forecast in five minutes. >>> this weekend the bay area will take time to remember the 75th anniversary of a dark time in our nation's history when thousands of japanese-americans were placed in internment camps during world war ii. >> and many are shedding new light on the chapter after the new crackdowns to keep immigrants out of the u.s. abc news has the story. >>> this idea of -- >> reporter: she still gets emotional when she talks about her early life behind barbed wire. the pictures at the time unforgettable, lonely and desolate. images reflecting life in a japanese internment camp . hiroshi lived in a camp until he was 5 after executive order 9066 by president roosevelt ordered japanese-americans rounded up during world war ii. >> when our people were forcibly removed it was army soldiers standing guard with rifles. >> reporter: the community remembering the 75th anniversary of that order. many believe history is repeating itself. >> we are con

nbc is live in emeryville after catching up with a driver who is lucky she wasn't more seriously hurt after a tree fell on top of her car. jodi. >> reporter: that's right. an incredible story. driving in this stormy weather is certainly very, very challenging. we're standing along interstate 80 where you can see people making their way home in this wet weather. as mentioned, there is an east bay woman thanking her lucky stars after a very close call on another east bay freeway. >> it was like, oh, no. i got a tree. >> reporter: that's what harriet hutchinton went through her mind when she says a tree came crashing down on her as she drove in oakland this afternoon. >> she is a little shaken up but luckily got away with a couple scrapes on her hands. so we got real lucky. >> reporter: it's just one of the many dangerous spots in the east bay as water-logged trees and hillsides take yet another soaking. a mudslide has closed the road in castro valley. pieces of earth were still sliding as we arrived. >> trees, rocks, flooding. washout all over the place. it's -- there is a lot of -- it'

. >>> a live look outside from our emeryville camera. at this time yesterday this was shaking all the place. so calmer conditions to start off your morning. it is friday. take your time. we move right into the week. we will be guiding you through the process. did you know 90% of couples disagree on mattress firmness? enter sleep number... she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. you can both adjust the bed for the best sleep of your life. right now, save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed. go to sleepnumber.com for a store near you. that's why there's oravet dental hygiene chews. oravet cleans teeth and gets to the cause bad breath. ask your vet about oravet chews. serious oral care made simple weekend-- you y need to holoff t for a little bit. the park is asking ople to >>> welcome back on your friday. if you're planning on a trip to yosemite, you may need to hold off just a little bit. the park is asking folks to delay their trip so they arrive saturday afternoon or later. there was so much rain that park officials and roads wi

over to emeryville, martinez, that is where it is really pouring. this is the second storm system. the third one right behind that one. the fourth one behind that one. we are going to see it moving through next week. focusing on right now. what we are expecting for today, all of this rain rolling in. there will be more breaks this afternoon. but still hard to make some plans to get outside. the rain tapering off. even sunshine in the afternoon. it won't be long before the rain returns sunday morning. not much of a break with waves of heavy rain moving in late sunday night into monday. still looking at how to make plans for this weekend. if you're headed to lake tahoe, rain mixing in with the show. tomorrow afternoon, maybe the best day to hit the slopes. heading to monterey, very wet. thunderstorms moving through. we have san francisco marina green polar. the air temperature will be 56. of water temperature 54. brave souls doing that one. as we head through the weekend forecast, looking at scattered showers early tomorrow. rain tapering off. temperatures staying cool. off and on ra

right now we have a few clouds left as you can see from emeryville. current temperature readings around the bay area are 50 here at san francisco, 49 oakland and 50 at mountain view and san jose and gilroy at 48 at half moon bay. this is the view from the southeast camera looking at dark clouds in the distance but the sky is becoming clearer. 48 right now in santa rosa. upper 40s at napa, novato and fairfield and concord. this is the view looking at a dramatic western sky and these are the forecast. cold and frosty the next two mornings but bright and sunny afternoons and the rain returns over the weekend. it's going to be relatively wet from saturday through monday. overnight it's going to be chilly. in fact, cold in some spots. look for low temperatures dropping down to freezing in santa rosa. 34 will be the low. low to mid 30s in many locations in the east bay and south bay and upper 30s to low 40s around the bay and near the coast. our approaching storm, the one coming in on saturday ranks one on the storm impact scale. a storm of light intensity.

here's highway 80, the view from the our emeryville camera. >>> if you think that traffic is horrible in the bay area, you're right. it has been confirmed that it's one of the worst in the world. >> yeah, the fourth worst on the planet, we spoke with experts to find out why. >> reporter: if only today's traffic looked like this every day, but this is more the reality, bumper to bumper. >> even without accidents out there, there's just too many cars. >> reporter: traffic in the bay area is officially world class. the analytics company studied congestion around the world and the bay area came in fourth behind la and moscow. this reporter says that the commute has gotten worse. >> maybe in 2010, or '11, we would have friday light and even in my traffic reports, people could rely on that and now it doesn't happen. >> reporter: the study shows that bay area drivers spend about 80 hours a year in traffic, la about 100 hours. >> san francisco has the highestpeak congestion more so than any other city studied in to the u.s.. >> more people are working and many have affordable homes farther aw

. >>> and we're taking a live look at our tower cameras in emeryville, and some parts of the bay area didn't see muchf the storm, others had rain and clouds, sky 7 flew over the great highway as cars drove through flooded lanes, the cars were slowed because of flooding, abc 7 news weather explains what to expect from the weather. >> right now, ama, as you pointed out, hit or miss showers on live doppler 7. the steadier rain is over the highway terrain. but the storm will have tonight and tomorrow and will continue ranking one on the storm impact scale, a storm of light intensity, bringing scattered showers, it will be breezy at times. starting 9:00 tonight, notice over the early morning hours pockets of light rain and scattered showers, the pockets continuing throughout the day tomorrow into our night. we may get a little bit of a dry break on sunday from oh, about 8:00 a.m. until about 4 or 5:00 in the afternoon. that will be the driest break we think in the weekend. heavier rain comes in sunday night carrying over into monday morning. so a small portion of the weekend will be dry, b

. >>> and we're taking a live look at our tower cameras in emeryville, and some parts of the bay area didn't see much of the storm, others had rain and clouds, sky 7 flew over the great highway as cars drove through flooded lanes, the cars were slowed because of flooding, abc 7 news weather explains what to expect from the weather. >> right now, ama, as you pointed out, hit or miss showers on live doppler 7. the steadier rain is over the highway terrain. but the storm will have tonight and tomorrow and will continue ranking one on the storm impact scale, a storm of light intensity, bringing scattered showers, it will be breezy at times. starting 9:00 tonight, notice over the early morning hours pockets of light rain and scattered showers, the pockets continuing throughout the day tomorrow into our night. we may get a little bit of a dry break on sunday from oh, about 8:00 a.m. until about 4 or 5:00 in the afternoon. that will be the driest break we think in the weekend. heavier rain comes in sunday night carrying over into monday morning. so a small portion of the weekend will be dry,

live look from emeryville. much less of a backup. over there we have all but one cash lane open. you are open in the next couple of minutes. back out to the maps, we'll talk about your travel times on mass transit. we're back to normal now. way to end the week. we'll have a nice drive time through the east bay, the tri-valley, and along the east way through hayward. i want to talk about one more spot. we had full closure in niles canyon again. now it is open again. >> just rewind. getting the same report. if you are not near tv tuesday night you will still be able to catch president trump's address to congress on twitter. >> we turn to landon dowdy live at cnb world headquarters. good morning, landon. >> reporter: sam and laura, good friday morning to you. well, the markets could start the day in the red following another mixed session on thursday. stocks struggling again on uncertainty of a president trump plan to boost the economy. the nasdaq fell for a second day. the dow closed at a record high for the 10th straight session. new home salesis and consumer sentiment. 20810 for

. >>> a live look outside from the tower camera in emeryville shows the calm between the storms. this morning most of us woke up to rain and we're hours away from the next storm that means more downpours, flooding and unfortunately, mudslides. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. it rained every day this month but we have two more storms to get through before we see a sunny stretch of days. >> we have a team of reporters checking on reports of damage. first, let's check ahead with spencer christian to see how we need to prepare, spencer? >> more heavy rain will surely elevate the flooding concerns. here is a look at live doppler seven and widely scattered showers but of course, we have flood warnings in effect in the north bay on the russian river. flood warnings effective until 1:30 a.m. tomorrow and in sonoma county, flood warning on mark west creek until 8:30 tomorrow morning and the approaching storm is hours away. it ranks three on the storm impact scale. storm of strong intensity and highest impact santa cruz mountains and gusty wind and

. >>> a live look from emeryville camera. it is cold, though. make sure you grab a sweater or jacket. >>> coming up at 4:45 on this tuesday morning with clear skies and cool temperatures. by lunchtime, in the mid-50s. we should be up to 64. as we go through the week, we will continue to warm up. more in 30 minutes. >>> it is 4:45. new numbers show the amount of hours we are spending watching things on youtube. that number of hours is shocking. >> do we want to find out the answer? we turn to landon dowdy who joins us from world headquarters with the answers. >> that's a lot of kitten videos. >> it is a lot. a quick check of the markets. the president will discuss spending on items such as defense and in tpra strur sure. 15 points money to 20,837, the 12th straight day it closed at a record high. nasdaq 6861. walmart upgraded its mobile app to allow customers to refill prescriptions. they can scan a code and paying for the preparation electronically. >> people are watching 1 billion hours a day on youtube. the company says 400 hours uploaded each

. >>> and right now you're looking live at the view from our emeryville camera. tomorrow the rain returns and it will stay stormy for several days. abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian explains what we can expect. spencer? >> okay, ama. there's a storm approaching, and by this time tomorrow we'll probably have wet weather. you can see clouds are increasing, and there's our storm in the center of it well offshore. clouds and moisture moving in our direction. tomorrow the storm will arrive in the evening hours. it will be ranked one on the storm impact scale bringing light showers and breezy conditions. it will intensify overnight into thursday morning, and by thursday morning it will be ranked two on the storm impact scale. a storm of moderate intensity. it will produce a rainy day with brief and heavy downpours, 40 to 50-mile-per-hour wind gust s. these are concerns for thursday. right now high concern for ponding on roadways and downed trees. moderate concern for small creek flooding and power outages. low concern for river flooding, but with the number o

. >> the heaviest rain from san rafael into san francisco, emeryville and concord. i'll get you out the door with a look at all the microclimates coming up in two minutes. >> you're looking at travel times. oh, it just caught off. we're watching highway 17 farther south. right now you're watching today in the bay. weather alert.as round twooves d we're expecting a one o pch this morning. a live look at our radar a ourr corage to hp get you outhe doorsafely. =laura/4shot=goodorning and thar joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon.=sam/4s >>> good friday morning to you. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. from that shot from san francisco, we could aoe a blanket of clouds. >> it could be rough for the morning mute. boy, how long is it going to come down? >> off and on pretty much all day. in will be a few breaks in between. but we will see this rain coming through in waves. some of the heaviest rain rolling to the north. all microclimates showing rain, breezy conditions, wet roads. it is 52 in the tri-valley. 56 in the south ba

from emeryville looking across the bay, this area is quiet right now as well. temperatures are in the low 50s at santa rosa, napa, novato, fairfield, concord and livermore. and here's the view of the golden gate bridge where the pavement looks wet, but it doesn't appear to be raining there right now. these are our forecast features. isolated showers will continue to hit parts of the bay area during the evening hours. we'll have a dry break the next three days, but then rain returns this weekend and looks like it's going to be a pretty wet weekend. our storm impact scale indicates that this evening storm is still one on the impact scale. fast-moving downpours will continue to be the pattern into the nighttime hours. we'll see the possibility of isolated thunder and lightning with these downpours and less than a quarter of an inch of rainfall is expected generally. here's the forecast animation taking us into 1:00 a.m. tomorrow. notice it's going to be relatively quiet overnight with a few clouds around and the morning commute will begin as a relatively dry one.

. >>> and right now you're looking live at the view from our emeryville camera. tomorrow the rain returns and it will stay stormy for several days. abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian explains what we can expect. spencer? >> okay, ama. there's a storm approaching, and by this time tomorrow we'll probably have wet weather. you can see clouds are increasing, and there's our storm in the center of it well offshore. clouds and moisture moving in our direction. tomorrow the storm will arrive in the evening hours. it will be ranked one on the storm impact scale bringing light showers and breezy conditions. it will intensify overnight into thursday morning, and by thursday morning it will be ranked two on the storm impact scale. a storm of moderate intensity. it will produce a rainy day with brief and heavy downpours, 40 to 50-mile-per-hour wind gust s. these are concerns for thursday. right now high concern for ponding on roadways and downed trees. moderate concern for small creek flooding and power outages. low concern for river flooding, but with the number o

and looking from emeryville, just another gorgeous shot. mid 50s at 2:00. pretty much mid 50s at 4:00. and near 50 by 6:00. here's a look at san jose. if you're on the road, good. sunny and dry. if you're out and about, get ready for total sunshine. temperatures in the low to upper 30s tonight. upper 30s to mid 40s around the bay. look at the temperatures thursday. 60 to 68 degrees. back to average tomorrow. average friday. a little bit cooler with a chance of light showers saturday, sunday, and monday. remember, they're light showers. don't cancel any plans yet. >> thank you, mike. >>> welcome back. coming up on "abc7 news" at 4:00, we are turning the spotlight on ourselves. the "abc7 news" reporter who bravely shared his own journey with aids in the early years of the epidemic. that story tonight at 5:00. >>> i think that most of us were saying we work hard at our jobs. the question is, do we work the hardest? when you look at the entire country? >> and what city works the hardest? they looked at data such as average weekly work hours and they came up wit

. >> mike is putting the final touches on the forecast as we look live from our emeryville camera. >> find out when you'll see rain where you live right after this. >>> it's february 2nd. that means the groundhog has spoken. >> what you mean? what? okay. we got her. >> punxsutawney phil made it here that he saw his shadow and we're in for another six weeks of winter. records dating to 1887 show phil saw his shadow 142 times. >> we have talked about how i don't appreciate punxsutawney phil. >> he's got no predictive skill, as if we need a scientist to tell us that. >> leave this animal alone. >> they should make a movie about it. >> trust mike, not phil. >> i'm a little better than 38%, i'd like to think. i'm sure someone will tell me if i'm not. >>> good morning. the rain kind of -- it did play out the way we expected. more than an inch in concord had about.16. this way it look, that should say walnut creek right now. you can see how dry it is there. this is 101 and 880. you'll need to grab the sunglasses. it's one of those day where is we could see a rogue rainbow or two. the wind ad

richmond, up through hercules, kensington and a little rain for emeryville for you. it's wet in marin county, dylan beach, healdsburg, shower activity. san francisco, you're wet but not a lot of rain. you can see higher elevations around the altamont pass looking at a downpour. and the santa cruz mountains. so this will bring anywhere from about 2/10 inch with breezy winds this morning and we'll talk about a bit of a break before more downpours head our way late tomorrow. >>> a federal judge in washington state has issued a nationwide restraining order on president trump's travel ban that halts parts of the executive order signed last week by mr. trump. in an interview with cnn last night, washington's attorney general says he's prepared for the case to go all the way to the supreme court. it comes the same day the president announced a new crackdown over the iranian government's recent ballistic missile test. >> reporter: the president landing in florida for a weekend get away at his winter white house mar-a-lago but not before making good on that threat to put iran

also emeryville, alameda, berkeley, making it a very slippery afternoon commute. meanwhile, we do have some heavy concentration of precipitation, can you see it there? in the yellow and orange around guerneville which has been a concern for the past 24 hours. the russian river in guerneville is now at 33.7. flood stage is at 32 feet. see what does that tell you? minor flooding is occurring right now. in addition, flood warning is in effect for the red highlighted area which encompasses the mark west creek, santa rosa, sebastopol, graton and cotati. this is a flash flood watch in effect for the north bay, coastline, santa cruz mountains, more mudslides, rockslides, and flooding over the next 24 to 36 hours. raindrops on the camera lens. temperatures right now in the 60s. and the winds have been increasing pretty much out of the south 10 to 20, 16 in oakland 12 in berkeley, 6 in napa. these winds are nothing! tomorrow we have a high wind advisory in place up to 30-mile- per-hour winds gusts up to 50. the rest of the day the rain gradually tapers and tonight cloud co

this is emeryville this morning. hopefully traffic will be lighter with a lot of people having the president's day holiday off. we'll keep you posted. >> 4:54 right now. new scrutiny of a controversial practice being used on dozens of farms in california that could be tainting some of the food we eat. >> reporter: good morning, guys, this report just released at uc berkeley and the pse energy science institute raises new questions about whether the practice of using recycled waste water from oil wells to irrigate crops is safe. they're now using more than 20 million gallons every day on their crops. farmers have been doing this for about two decades, but now scientists say some of the chemicals found in this waste water might be absorbed by the plants when the crops are irrigated. that raises questions about whether this water may be tainting the very food we eat. oil companies in the water districts in the central valley say the practice is safe, but scientists won't say it's unsafe but they aren't giving it a clean

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from emeryville looking across the bay, this area is quiet right now as well. temperatures are in the low 50s at santa rosa, napa, novato, fairfield, concord and livermore. and here's the view of the golden gate bridge where the pavement looks wet, but it doesn't appear to be raining there right now. these are our forecast features. isolated showers will continue to hit parts of the bay area during the evening hours. we'll have a dry break the next three days, but then rain returns this weekend and looks like it's going to be a pretty wet weekend. our storm impact scale indicates that this evening storm is still one on the impact scale. fast-moving downpours will continue to be the pattern into the nighttime hours. we'll see the possibility of isolated thunder and lightning with these downpours and less than a quarter of an inch of rainfall is expected generally. here's the forecast animation taking us into 1:00 a.m. tomorrow. notice it's going to be relatively quiet overnight with a few clouds around and the morning commute will begin as a relatively dry one.

it's currently raining in berkeley, emeryville and north into marin county and the rain in the north bay which is part of the area under a flash flood watch tonight and tomorrow. steady rain in mendocino county. there's a flash flood watch in effect for the north bay, the coast and the santa cruz mountains. the main increases risk of rock slides and landslides. you will receive heavy rainfall in the hills. we have a wind advisory in effect for the majority of the bay area. 11:00 is when the heavy rain arrives and it will stick around for the morning commute. we will talk specific totals and when the sunshine will return coming up.>>> the sierra will get hit hard, already an avalanche warning is posted. some resorts have seen seven inches of fresh powder in just 24 hours. the sierra avalanche center says more heavy and wet snow is expected tonight. that paired with hurricane force winds and white out conditions forced closures of squaw valley. the next round of rain isn't going to to make it easier for caltrans crews in the south bay that are clearing a rockslide that came down on hig

a live look at emeryville where we are tracking the storm about to hit the bay area. it feels a little warm out there. almost a calm before the storm. another one packing a punch. the full forecast at 4:54. >>> let's talk supreme court nominations and politics. president donald trump will have lunch with democratic senators who he is trying to persuade. there is speculation the lunch might be about judge neil gorsuch. >>> also today, the new homeland security secretary will be visiting jon kelley, traveling to the southwest portion of our southern border to meet with homeland security employees, along with state and local officials in arizona. he will tour security operations and discussing the administration's efforts to improve border security. tomorrow secretary kelly will visit the port of entry there in california. >>> during the current debate over immigration, one group of people were promised citizenship but later deported. they are u.s. military veterans who served honorably but got in trouble with the law and were kicked out. >> steven stock traveled to tiju

emeryville i think. there you go. the beautiful nbc bay area is soggy to start out your monday morning. kari has a look at the full forecast for the week. 4:41 right now. >>> coming up on your monday morning, let's get to business and tech news. today automaker takata is expected to plead guilty to a criminal charge for concealing a defect with airbag deflators and samsung is delaying the release of a new phone. let's check in with landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. good morning. >> good morning to you both. markets may await president trump's address to congress tomorrow night. investors hope he'll outline specific details of how he plans to boost the economy including spending on u.s. infrastructure and cutting regulation. also get lots of economic data this week including reports today on durable goods and pending home sales. on friday, the dow rose 11 points to 20, 821 up for four straight weeks. the nasdaq having nine to 5,845. >>> takata is expected to plead guilty in a u.s. court today to one criminal charge re

. >> i'm headed to emeryville. and, um, coming from santa clara. >> reporter: the backup caused by the crash went on for miles and lasted for hours. >> it's taken me about an hour and a half probably to go for the last five miles. >> i got off the freeway. >> reporter: because you couldn't deal with the traffic? >> correct. >> reporter: many drivers got off at 880 as the backup went into lunchtime hours. >> now i'm going to look for a different route because i still have another 20 miles to go. it's going to be a while. >> reporter: the accident also caused traffic jams on surface streets. it took my photographer and me almost an hour to get from san leandro to oakland normally a 15-minute drive. in oakland, maria medina, kpix 5. >> at last check, the 66-year- old big rig driver was in the hospital with significant injuries. his female passenger had minor injuries. >>> as the storm moved in you can see rain falling hard in san leandro. winds whipped around trees and streetlights lit the puddles in the road. >> and

wanted to show you emeryville. check out this camera. really bouncing around this morning so it is very windy and high wind advisories for many bridges. if you are coming in westbound 880, it's slow through emeryville and then hold on tight as you go across the bay bridge. slowly starting to fill in. southbound 680, highway 4 to walnut creek, 10 minutes, westbound 24, walnut creek to highway 13, actually not bad, still in the green at 12. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, out of the central valley, 57 minutes, you are in the red. sig alert on northbound 280 in the daly city area. >>> an heirloom stolen from a walnut creek heome is back untio the hands of its owner now. it was given to her by her mother. a thief broke into her home last month and stole several items, including the wedding dress. it was recovered in pittsburg and that suspect was arrested. >>> new at 6:00, changes are coming for drivers trying to access i 580 in the north bay. >>> if this is the dog food you give your pet, there is a recall you need to know about. >>> uber l

and here's a live look from our emeryville camera as we look across the bay. a spare the ware alert has been called for tomorrow. rain will help clean the air out but it's not arriving until tomorrow night. unsettled pattern into the weekend. here's a look at your hour by hour day planner. patchy fog, temperatures in the 40s, peaks of sun at noon but don't expect much. by 7:00 you're looking at those showers. first thing tomorrow morning the fog is whoo you'll have to look out for. temperatures will begin in the 40s thanks to the clouds and for the afternoon you're looking at a cooler day mid 50s to the low 60s. on our storm impact scale we have a light system, a 1 for wednesday night. we'll see some light showers and it will get breezy and it will be damp in some spots for your afternoon, evening commute. take a look at the hour by hour forecast. 6:00 wednesday night is when that rain xwinz to move on to the coast. by 7:00 p.m. we're starting to see the scattered light to moderate rain continuing right on through about 11:00 p.m. then the rain becomes a littl

to mid-60s with the south wind a really mild day despite the clouds that you're seeing here from our emeryville cameras. 57 in santa rosa. 62 in livermore. still comfortable. the raindrops that you're seeing from our mt. tam cam, this will repeat over and over again. wet and breezy for your morning commute. unsettled pattern for the weekend and into next week. is it going to be a complete washout? no. here's the way it plays out. a light system, 1 on our storm impact scale, going into tomorrow. our heaviest rainfalls before 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. gusty winds and slight chance of thunder. hour by hour forecast, we'll show you where the heaviest will be. in the north bay, 1 to 3:00 a.m. early in the morning, peninsula and east bay, between 3:00 and 5:00 a.m. south bay, 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. plan accordingly for your morning commute for friday. here's a closer look at the hour-by-hour forecast. tonight, scattered showers. nothing major. 11:00 p.m., a few showers. by 3:00 a.m., the red could be potential thunder. in the north bay, across the central bay at 4:00 a.m., commute time, 5:00 a.m. in the east b

a live look from our emeryville camera. that south wind is responsible for the balmy conditions you're looking at right now. low to mid-60ss, santa rosa to concord. explore tore yum camera, the crow clouds are beginning to gather. scattered showers friday and a break is coming this weekend. i know many of you have been asking for a break on social media. hang in there. category three, level three storm. it's a strong storm for tomorrow on our storm impact scale. highest impact will be in the north bay and santa cruz mountains. expect a drenching with gusty winds and the flooding is going to be likely. we do have a flash flood watch begins late tonight and runs until friday morning. rock and mudslides are possible. debris flows, especially in burn areas. rapid rises on streams and rivers. i do want to warn you no matter how shallow the water might look, do not try to cross the water. obviously turn around, don't drown is what the national weather service has been telling people, and it's still, despite that, has been happeni

a live look from our emeryville camera, you can see the raindrops dotting our lens. sfo right now, you can see how gloomy it is. arrival delays of over three hours. mid-50s to low 60s. and a lovely view, you can see the snow coming down, about 8,000 feet from our lake tahoe camera. just that fresh powder out there is great to see. rainy areas tonight and windy over the hills. scattered showers for your friday and you'll dry out. storm impact scale, a level 3. a strong storm. pockets of moderate to heavy rain. flooding risks remain high. trees toppling is not over the question. 6:00, hour by hour forecast, downpours in the santa cruz mountains. continuing around the time you're sitting down for dinner in the same areas and then by 9:00 p.m., we'll be able to down grade the storm to a level 1. right on through late night, it will be a one for tomorrow. a light system. scattered showers, moderate at times and the flooding concerns remain for some of those rivers. so at midnight on friday, a few showers. 5:00 a.m. commute time. damp spots around 7:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m., prim

the emeryville camera. 66 in santa rosa. 65 in concord. one other live picture. a system that is coming in. not as warm as it was today. we're looking at wet and unsettled weather into next week. get ready for a wet pattern. cloud cover coming over. mid-40s to the low 50s. not very cold tomorrow afternoon. temperatures will not be quite as high as they were today. we'll see numbers in the low to upper 60s with occasional high clouds. thickening as the morning goes on. mostly cloudy wednesday. it's a light system. brief downpours in the morning on thursday with gusty winds. 30 to 40 miles per hour. particularly along the coast. minor flooding possibility. typical low-lying flooding. that's the big concerning. at noontime, might see a few sprinkles. that's when we start to see the first signs of rain. 2:00 a.m. thursday, the rain is starting to come down in the north bay. it intensifies and really spreads southward as we head into 5:00 a.m. the commute is dicey on thursday. 7:00 a.m., widespread rain. the yellows and oranges, downpours moderate to heavy rain. in th

you could see from emeryville, looking back at coast where a few of the clouds are, you definitely want to have something to protect your eyes from the sun. you'll be squinting out there. on sun watch today and tomorrow. coldest temperatures develop tonight, more frost inland for tomorrow morning and showers with low snow levels at home this weekend. if you are stepping out, a lot of upper 40s to low 50s out there. so jacket weather. and then we top out at 54 to 56 and the coast at 53 at half moon bay and breezy and crispness in the air. from mt. tamalpais, sunshine is chilled and 7 to 8 degrees cooler than average and dropping into the 30s and 40s by 8:00 so dress appropriately. barely 40 in san francisco. oakland and half moon bay, warmest temperatures and everybody else in the 30s with frost in the north bay and inland east bay and places like antioch could get frost tonight. the storm impact scale, saturday to sunday, a one on the storm impact scale. so it is light. up to half an inch. that is an exception. and this is coming down from alaska and most of saturday is dry but in the a

here is a look from emeryville back towards a few clouds hanging over san francisco on the coast side. on the bayside you could see sunshine breaking out. don't forget we have a chance of scattered showers. a slight chance of lightning, thunder and small hail out of these. a better chance in the central valley than here in the bay. mild highs today. cooler the next couple of nights. clouds and no more of the tropical moisture but there is moisture in the ground that will come out in the form of fog so watch out for that and then turning to sunshine and tracking the storm -- do i dare say -- for next thursday and friday, but it is aways away. it is cloudy but getting dryer on 101 and 880 and that is the trend through the afternoon hours as the main cold front is down to the south. we're still watching the chunk of energy and could you see the cooler air coming in behind that system. so for today, about 57 to 62 if you are out and about. storm impact scale still a one. and lightning and hail a possibility. you could see scattered and light showers developing around noon and everything i

a live look from our emeryville camera. that south wind is responsible for the balmy conditions you're looking at right now. low to mid-60ss, santa rosa to concord. explore tore yum camera, the crow clouds are beginning to gather. scattered showers friday and a break is coming this weekend. i know many of you have been asking for a break on social media. hang in there. category three, level three storm. it's a strong storm for tomorrow on our storm impact scale. highest impact will be in the north bay and santa cruz mountains. expect a drenching with gusty winds and the flooding is going to be likely. we do have a flash flood watch begins late tonight and runs until friday morning. rock and mudslides are possible. debris flows, especially in burn areas. rapid rises on streams and rivers. i do want to warn you no matter how shallow the water might look, do not try to cross the water. obviously turn around, don't drown is what the national weather service has been telling people, and it's still, despite that, has been happeni

right down to street level where you see the yellow, specifically over emeryville, berkeley, alameda, even parts of san francisco. this is where the heavy rain is at this moment. it's updating live on tv right now. live doppler 7 shifting to the east ever so slightly around san leandro, hayward, union city. the downpours are back. and in the south bay right now, you notice a little bit less in the way of the yellows but still we have some light showers falling around san jose, santa clara, and campbell at this hour. i do want to time out this line of some heavier showers that are beginning to push through the east bay and inland. so heavy down tours working through pleasanton, around 6:22 p.m. around livermore. antioch, 6:48 p.m. what you do notice along with the rain, there's a quick burst of wind as this front moves through. current wind gusts, you can see 43 miles per hour at sfo. 37, oakland. 26 right now at san carlos. the good news, this breeze will not last all that long. the next hour or so as this system moves through. so storm impacts go right now. this is going to be a ligh

right down to street level where you see the yellow, specifically over emeryville, berkeley, alameda, even parts of san francisco. this is where the heavy rain is at this moment. it's updating live on tv right now. live doppler 7 shifting to the east ever so slightly around san leandro, hayward, union city. the downpours are back. and in the south bay right now, you notice a little bit less in the way of the yellows but still we have some light showers falling around san jose, santa clara, and campbell at this hour. i do want to time out this line of some heavier showers that are beginning to push through the east bay and inland. so heavy down tours working through pleasanton, around 6:22 p.m. around livermore. antioch, 6:48 p.m. what you do notice along with the rain, there's a quick burst of wind as this front moves through. current wind gusts, you can see 43 miles per hour at sfo. 37, oakland. 26 right now at san carlos. the good news, this breeze will not last all that long. the next hour or so as this system moves through. so storm impacts go right now. this is going to be a ligh

emeryville to alameda, north bay you have your rain as well from liberty into petaluma. lakeville all the way to sears point. look at san francisco. moderate rainfall at this early hour from balboa street in the richmond

and then off here towards the east, also were finding showers pushing through west oakland, by 11:36, emeryville, 11:46 tonight, now we'll time line out what we can expect with the storm system, really it will go from the showery activity to more of the heavier rainfall once we hit 2:30 a.m., mainly from middletown to calastoga, and san jose, morgan hill, gilroy between 6 and 7:00 a.m., a quick round of some moderate to heavier pockets of rain, winds also gusting to about 40 miles an hour, then through the afternoon, we'll see the chance here of scattered isolated thunderstorms. so not everybody is going to get something tomorrow afternoon. but where it does happen we could have lightning strikes and maybe also even some small hail. what about rainfall totals? nowhere nearly as strong as some of the storms we had in january, we're good for about a quarter to a half inch in the north bay, you can see green here in the east bay, equating about a quarter in on our key, same thing for san jose, santa cruz mountains good for probably a half inch to close to three quarters of ang inch, going up o taho

and here's a live look from our emeryville camera as we look across the bay. a spare the ware alert has been called for tomorrow. rain will help clean the air out but it's not arriving until tomorrow night. unsettled pattern into the weekend. here's a look at your hour by hour day planner. patchy fog, temperatures in the 40s, peaks of sun at noon but don't expect much. by 7:00 you're looking at those showers. first thing tomorrow morning the fog is whoo you'll have to look out for. temperatures will begin in the 40s thanks to the clouds and for the afternoon you're looking at a cooler day mid 50s to the low 60s. on our storm impact scale we have a light system, a 1 for wednesday night. we'll see some light showers and it will get breezy and it will be damp in some spots for your afternoon, evening commute. take a look at the hour by hour forecast. 6:00 wednesday night is when that rain xwinz to move on to the coast. by 7:00 p.m. we're starting to see the scattered light to moderate rain continuing right on through about 11:00 p.m. then the rain becomes a littl

next week, friday night heading toward the weekend and it's raining in some parts of the bay area, emeryville, oakland, alameda, piedmont. at the peninsula san mateo, burlingame getting showers, light rain over the santa cruz mountains and diablo range and a few showers toward the state capitol. winter storm warning will wrap up in about 4 1/2 hours. just tonight another 1/2 foot to a foot of snow, heavy snow and wind winding down tomorrow morning, tahoe, it's going to be building for boarding or skiing. a slight chance of a ran or snow shower, at lake level 41 degrees tomorrow, 43 degrees on sunday. we had a storm pass by to the north. a front moved through overnight. maybe you heard the heavy rainfall at 2 or 3:00 in the morning. that tapered off to showers. we've had scattered showers up and down the west coast the entire day. tomorrow morning 8:00 rain is still there, went to start your day but not -- wet to start your day but not wet to finish. tomorrow afternoon and sunday morning will be dry. it's not until after the super bowl is finished sunday night, the drive home from your friend'

another live picture, just want to frame this one from our emeryville camera. it's just gorgeous. the next storm arrives over. it will be wet and unsettled into next week. we bring in a level one system. a light system tomorrow even though it's going to produce some heavy rain for several hours during the morning commute. minor flooding is possible and winds will be gusting briefly 30 to 40 miles per hour. so as we look at your hour by hour forecast, the heaviest of the rain with the storm arrives at 3:00 a.m. in the north bay. it starts to get wet, lighter rain around the east bay, san francisco peninsula. you see the downpours there in oranges and yellows, this continues at 5:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. a dicey commute. allow extra time. 8:00 a.m. long delays due to wet roadways. but scattered showers by 9:00 a.m. it quickly turns over to lighter scattered activity through the lunch hour, then the afternoon hours just isolated showers going into the evening commute. rainfall totals for most of you will be between half an inch to an inch. santa rosa will pick up more and the higher sierra

a pretty shot from emeryville because the air is so clean behind the cold front. still have a chance of showers. still be aware, if you see a darker clouds, just get the umbrella ready. sunshine also. so we'll flip between umbrella and needing sunglasses. there are longer periods of dry weather between the showers on saturday and sunday. and unsettled pattern, that means we have a chance of rain every day the next seven days. this is light. the storm impact scale, we rank the storms from one light to five serious to give you an idea of what to expect. so isolated modder at spot here and there and breezy. and here we go hour by hour. noon by 5:00, a little more development and getting heat and buoyancy to the atmosphere and there is moderate spots here at 11:00. if you are heading out this evening, just be aware that it is going to keep raining. you could see the waves of showers coming in through saturday at 8:00 in the morning. but notice they start to taper as we head toward saturday evening, becoming very isolated. it becomes almost dry and drizzle on sunday mo

from our emeryville camera, look at this gorgeous shot right now. savor the moment, it's changing. temperatures low to upper 50s from san francisco to san jose. half moon bay 55 degrees. an indication that the winds are beginning to whip the waves around from our santa cruz camera. you can see it bouncing around. temperatures low to mid-50s santa rosa and livermore. a lovely picture so i'll step aside so you can enjoy it from our east bay hills camera. clouds are gathering, gusty winds late tonight. slow for the morning commute and more rain is coming in this weekend. on our storm impact scale for tomorrow we have a moderate strength system, it's a 2. wet and windy for your morning, scattered afternoon showers and there's a slight chance of thunder. here's a look at the hour-by-hour forecast. toe tonight we get you ready for what's ahead tomorrow. light rain, 8:00 tonight. spotty in nature. 11:00 p.m. we see scattered showers. the rain begins to intensify oranges and yellows. 5:00 a.m. the morning commute will be a sloppy one and continues at 7:00 a.m. because the wind will obvious

one other live picture from our emeryville camera. pretty gray outside. this trend is going to continue. scattered showers overnight. another storm sunday into monday and it's a wet pattern through the middle of next week. let's start with your weekend storm. late tonight through saturday, we'll downgrade it to a 1. scattered showers, really light, breezy at the coast, and you will see drier conditions by tomorrow afternoon. hour-by-hour forecast, by 7:00 p.m. this becomes a level 1. we see spotty light showers. 10:00 p.m. it continues. tomorrow morning light rain at 5:00 a.m. if you're getting away around 7:00 a.m. there will be slippery roads. around noon time it kind of all winds down so you get that window of opportunity. the next storm will begin to spread light rain sunday morning. it will intensify, becoming heavier sunday night into monday so that storm will dump a lot more rain and bring stronger winds. rainfall totals through saturday evening. up to an inch in hayward and ben lomond. tomorrow morning expect temperatures 40s, 50s. tomorrow aftern