Lets head out to the caldecott tunnel with andrea. Reporter rain and wind chill. Theres no need to wait until after turkey day for the sales to start ramping up. The first rain is our black friday as windshield wipers and chains are flying off the shelves. How many wipers have you sold . 3040 sets and it is early. Reporter even help install them for drivers. Its a first rain and i havent changed them in years. Its time. We are going on a road trip. Reporter these people sacrificing their cars to the rain gods. The area the epicenter of pg e shutoffs. People couldnt be happier about the fire danger going down. But i dont think anyone is happy with the power shut off. Reporter we are live out here next to the caldecott tunnel. The rain began in earnest about one hour ago. The wind has been highly unpleasant. Very cold and swift coming across the mountains into contra costa county. A live look at the rain in the sonoma county. A light rain has been coming down for a couple of hours. You can see the traffic is moving slow. A lot of areas watching the rain closely. It being the first rain of the season. We expected to absorb into the soil. Not to see a lot of the increase in the creek flow. Farther north of flash flood watches in effect until 10 pm. All eyes will be on foss creek on its way to the russian river. They expect to see 3 inches of rain. The treacherous conditions in the sierra. Traffic being held at alta. Theyve reported more than 25 accidents all along i . 80 noon. Chain controls are in effect. We have a live report on conditions they are coming up in just a few minutes. If you plan on hitting the roadway this evening we have that wet weather on the road for the holiday traffic. Its a busy one coming out of San Francisco. Heres a live look at the golden gate bridge. You can see traffic crawling in this area. It stays slow to the richmond bridge. It is a bumpertobumper. A lot of read up on the sensors. We are seeing speeds under 25 miles per hour. We will zoom in and show you that line of red. Traffic is very slow. Jumping across the bay if you plan on taking the bay bridge. There is a crash on the eastbound side. A lot of folks using the bay bridge to get over to 80. That crashes near Treasure Island and has traffic backed up onto the 101. Its a definitely busy coming out of San Francisco. The bayshore freeway also seen stop and go conditions. About one hour. And a look at northbound 680. It is crawling both directions. You can see a lot of brake lights through there. Most of the way areas have brake lights. All the way through livermore valley. Try to avoid some of this and give yourself extra time. Will continue to monitor the storm. You can always find updated forecast by watching cbsn. And un aid worker was killed in afghanistan. He has been overseas for the last decade. U. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo spoke out about his death today. Attacks against the un are unconscionable. And we condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms. No one has claimed responsibility. I am ken bastida. Lets take you to florida where President Donald Trump is holding a campaign rally. Its being billed as a homecoming of sorts. His first rally since he officially changed his residency. Florida is crucial for his reelection campaign. The present praises unnamed people for resisting the impeachment inquiries. Just this week i stuck up for three great wires against the deep state. Florida is one of the only states that saw a big gop game. The voters there ousted the democratic governor. The present is expected to spend his thanksgiving in florida this year. Reporting live, ken bastida back to you. The House Judiciary Committee taking over the impeachment inquiry. Legal experts will examine the constitutional grounds for impeachment. This comes as a House Intelligence Committee is expected to submit a report compiling evidence on its probe into the president s dealings. Meanwhile the white house is fighting back. It filed an appeal this morning. But i was with the president when he was briefed on the decision. Nobody was surprised. Its not unexpected but maybe unsustainable. We will see where it goes. Former white House Counsel don mcgann has refused to comply. Adam schiff sent a statement saying the witnesses who defied congress will have to decide whether their duty is to the country or to a president who believes he is above the law. Bay area Billionaire Tom Steyer is in San Francisco laying out his Affordable Housing plan. Heres more on the vision for Housing Development across the country. The 2020 campaign rolled back into the focus today. I cant really tell. Nobody would know. Reporter it was a Billionaire Tom Steyer. The line stretched through the building and down the street. Housing is at the center. It determines so many other things in your life. Reporter he pitched 625 billion investment. Putting up billions of dollars every single year in a variety of ways. Reporter the building that he toured today is 700,000 a unit to develop. When he developed similar property that was around 350,000. Reporter they said while the housing challenges are unique and profound answers are required nationwide. Its been a goal for a long time for Affordable Housing to be a subject of a national conversation. Reporter tom steyer his pitch that conversation. When asked how long he would continue the campaign . For me and the others running for president the question is do you have something important, true, and differential to say. Can you be a trusted messenger for the American People . Reporter reporting live in San Francisco, wilson walker, kpix 5. When asked about his betrayal on saturday night live he said will ferrell is a genius. An elite climber survives a terrifying fall from yosemites el capitan. She is thinking a famous name for coming to her rescue . A raging fire threatening homes near Santa Barbara . Hundreds of Flights Canceled in denver disrupting travel plans around the country. Say yes for less to gifts storewide. At 20 to 60 off Department Store prices. Most stores are open thanksgiving, 6pm to midnight. Reopening friday at 7am. With extended hours saturday and sunday. Yes for less. And youre not sure wholl be more excited. You. Oh, yeah. Or them . Ahhhhhh thats yes for less. Be a rock star this season and save big on gifts theyre gonna love. At ross. Yes for less. At ross. Itreat them all as if, they are hot and energized. Stay away from any downed wire, call 911 and call pg e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. If you want to see what the storm does next we will switch from hd doppler. It brings itself. By the time we get to the 6 pm hour its right through the middle of the day. That means its going right over the city over the bay bridge. Right in the heart of the commute. The worst in the heaviest of the rain. This is going to feel like downpours at the time. We are right on the edge of that cold front that is pushing this storm through. Youre going to notice the wind and the temperatures will drop. By the time we get to apm that line is down here in the south bay working its way through san jose. And then by 10 pm we are past the worst of it. And then we will see scattered showers overnight. Its going to be very hit and miss. Now through 10 pm we will see the most impressive rain. And the wind goes with it. The brighter shades of purple is a stronger wind. You can see by the time we get to 9 pm it is moved down to the south bay. The farther the front gets from you the, the wind will get. And it will be a manageable breezy nest. Now through 10 pm. The worst of the rain and the wind. If we look at tomorrow lets take that front and get it out of there. This is wednesday. We have scattered showers. We are not done with the storm because the front is gone. We are done with the really well organized, consistent line of rain that everybody gets at the same time. It is so cold that we will see snow levels down to 2500 feet. By the time we get to thursday we could see a light dusting of snow here in the bay area above 2500 feet. And the sierra its a totally different story. This is a serious winter storm. It is advisable to not even think about driving into the sierra at this point. From the remainder of tonight through tomorrow. Its going to be a nasty mess in the mountains with 12 feet of snow fall. Overnight lows in the mid 30s. We will stay in the mid50s for daytime highs. As we look at the 7day forecast. Notice how we stay in the low to mid 50s. We finally get a complete break on friday and then that next band of showers moves in. More on that as we get closer to it. Back to you. We should point out that storm watch coverage continues on our streaming service on a kpix. Com. Lets send it out to Marissa Perlman in grass valley. Reporter people who live here are no stranger to this. Rain, sleet, snow. Traffic is moving slowly in historic downtown. All of this right before thanksgiving. A pictureperfect downtown. It says Winter Holiday spirit. People are rushing to get there Christmas Shopping done. Reporter people rushing to get their thanksgiving shopping done before the weather gets worse. People are still out shopping which is amazing. Reporter they hope that the people continue to shop even with the weather. Downtown shops were able to keep their lights on. Some people didnt know we had power and were slow to come downtown. Reporter the businesses say they will be here bright and early. Were used to it. We need to get out and go shopping. Reporter they have to go shopping even though the wind is still whipping at this hour. The roads are still slick. Two big events happening in grass valley on friday. Black friday shopping. They hope that it will be picturesque, and not detour shoppers. How a new legal twist could reignite the access to a prized stretch of shoreline near Half Moon Bay . If you see wires down, treat them all as if they are hot and energized. Stay away from any downed wire, call 911 and call pg e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. A top u. S. Professional rock climber took a scary fall off of yosemites el capitan. She is a banged up it will be okay. Emily harrington is a fivetime national champion. She wants free climbed el capitan in six days. She thanked the climbers who helped her. The fight over access to a beach is back on. Court has ruled in favor of the property owner. For nearly a decade they argue that he owns the only access road. He padlocked the gate blocking off the public. An Appeals Court said the argument does understand since previous owners were charging parking fees. The ruling strengthens the position of the homeowner. Coming up. Project home. Bay area women pregnant and living on the street. We investigate what is being done to get expectant mothers into homes . You heard about big tap Tech Companies selling private data but what about the dmv . Youre looking at prime time for this storm. That is High Definition doppler tracking this storm thats working its way south. Regarding the time it out coming up next. Class kid who made good. But Mike Bloomberg became the guy who did good. After building a business that created thousands of jobs he took charge of a city still reeling from 9 11 a threeterm mayor who helped bring it back from the ashes bringing jobs and thousands of Affordable Housing units with it. After witnessing the terrible toll of gun violence. He helped create a movement to protect families across america. And stood up to the coal lobby and this administration to protect this planet from climate change. And now, hes taking on. Him. To rebuild a country and restore faith in the dream that defines us. Where the wealthy will pay more in taxes and the middle class get their fair share. Everyone without Health Insurance can get it and everyone who likes theirs keep it. And where jobs wont just help you get by, but get ahead. And on all those things Mike Blomberg intends to make good. Jobs creator. Leader. Problem solver. Mike bloomberg for president. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Youre watching kpix 5 news at 5 30 pm. Right now on kpix 5. Live radar tells us the story of rainfall falling across the bay area for the first time in months. In North Oakland puddles were forming. Cars covered by the rain. Meteorologist darren peck following the story. Look at where the organized rainfall is. Its right across the north bay. Santa rosa has been getting poured on. I want to show you where it is going next. You can see the heavy rain moving through petaluma. Lets zoom in on those bands of orange. Thats all moving to the southeast. It is all marching your way. And then to the bay. We are looking at the city, bay bridge and oakland getting a little bit of a break. Do not let your guard down. The heavy rain is just about to move over the biggest population right during the commute. And that is why Gianna Franco is here with us this evening. Chp has issued a