is facing problems with the storm. they are trying to clear a landslide that has cut off residents. amy hollyfield joins us live from scotts valley. >> reporter: they are in a hurry but they have to take another time. they don't want to trigger another rock slide. take a look at what they are dealing with. the site is about 200 to 300 feet wide. one woman caught it on her iphone. it's blocking nelson road in scotts valley. they are able to walk around it but no cars can get around it and about 25 homes are blocked is creating quite an inconvenience. >> the county seems to think it will quite a while to clear the rubble. it's a mess. i've never seen anything like this in my life. >> reporter: no one was hurt in the slide. a county geologist will try to figure out how to handle this. they want november it before the next storm rolls in. they don't want to move things so quickly they create more sliding, 57 people live in those homes in that are now blocked by all that debris. they are hoping for a quick resolution to all. this all the roads in yosemite national park are closed this morning because of snow, ice, mudslides, downed trees and downed power lines. weekend storm dropped nearly four feet. nine inches of snow has fallen in el portal outside the park. several highways are also closed and officials don't know when they are going to reopen. >> testimony will be underway this morning in an east bay courtroom where two men are on trial for the murder of chauncey bailey. yousef bey is accused of ordering the hit. a third man, andre brous sard that he gunned bailey down on an oakland street but he claims he was under orders from bey. >> they say broi sard is lying. bey ordered the hits because bailey says he was writing a story on blam muslim bakery. >> the jury has been selected, opening statements begin in the barry bonds' trial. it's first chance to see how press will lay out their strategy to convict the home run king on perjury charges. >> reporter: opening statements this morning and then federal prosecutors are expected to call their first witnesses, barry bonds will be back in court yesterday. yesterday he watched his attorneys and prosecution select the jury that will determine his fate. she facing four federal counts of perjury and one count of obstruction. the jury includes eight men and four women. they include a nurse and two retirees. two of jury members are african-americans, both women. the defense team says race and gender don't matter. >> we have so many men, so many red haired people -- that is not how we're looking at this. we have a fair and impartial jury who were selected after an on open process. >> reporter: one potential juror who was in the courtroom but later dismissed he might be reluctant a great athlete like mr. bonds. another that was dismissed he feels like steroids is like cheating and not fair. witnesses include his former trainer, greg anderson. also bonds' former mistress and federal agent who uncovered the steroid scandal. this trial is expected to last about four weeks. jurors' names will be kept secret until after a verdict. santa clara city council has voted 5-2 to hand off $4 million in redevelopment money to the 49ers for the new stadium project. it's meant to take money from redevelopment agency and put it in private hands so the state can't take it back. according mercury news, santa clara council members approved the transfer despite getting dozens of e-mails urging them not to so. >> portola valley residents are being asked to look out to for a mountain lion. residents are asked to avoid hiking or jogging in the area at dawn or dusk. there have been more than a half a dozen sighting across the peninsula in the last few months. >> it is now 6:06 and bay bridge looks pretty dry. >> if you are a mountain lion, an umbrella would be a good idea today? >> absolutely. something sounds like you need to work on. live doppler 7 hd, shower around emeryville, heading up to 24 through the caldecott, possibly getting towards orinda, another chance of showers in the santa cruz mountains but everything is very, very light this morning. most of us will be dry through the morning commute. fastest wind i could find south about 9 miles an hour. not too breeze. puts our temperatures in the low to mid 40s valleys. let's take about this afternoon. what a difference. we are going have with steady rain moving in, light to moderate at times, 60 at san jose, most of us in the mid to upper 50s. clearlake at 46 degrees. five to six hour window of steady rain before it turns to showers. another low will drop down from alaska bringing us a chance of thunderstorms. heavy rain and it won't fall in such a short time frame. chance of rain saturday but sunday looks to be dry and warmer with temperatures back in the 60s for most of us. >> good morning. we're starting things off at the bay bridge toll plaza, no delays metering lights are not on. as you are heading into san francisco, wind advisory for the bay bridge. heading out of san francisco on the lower deck, eastbound 80, the slow lane is blocked at treasure island due to a stalled car. important news for the vallejo ferry is out of service after being damaged by debris bus transit systems will service the 7:00 and 8:30 departures. >> just ahead, one bay area county to save residents $300,000 a year. >> plus, worries of radiation in japan grow, the first military families evacuated from japan touchdown in the bay area. >> i'm terry mcsweeney in the newsroom, new information on the my second diagnosis-- i was told to go home, retire, and enjoy the time i had left. to say it was a shock is just a complete understatement. i mean, i don't think there are words. she had put up a really good fight, but it was her time. you... don't have a choice of getting breast cancer. i had no choice. i wanted to do something bigger than myself. that 3-day gave me that opportunity. and i can actually do something to help. i think it's a very bold thing to do. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. i'm sure if it was 100 miles, we'd still walk it. it was a big statement for me of... 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that could run out of money by 2013. >> if you are sending little ones to school, the ride home or bike ride home may be tough. >> no matter how they are getting home, it's going to be wet. show you the dryness that is out there this morning and clouds that are dropping a light shower may become few and far between as we look at live doppler 7 hd. one sprinkle heading up 24 through the east bay hills and a couple more showers lingering around the santa cruz mountains. it's nothing like what we will deal with later this afternoon. let's talk temperatures, low to mid 40s in inland valleys. mid to upper 40s around the bay shore and mid 40s around half moon bay. around monterey bay, mid 40s. gilroy at 40 degrees. our highlights, heavy and steadier rain will roll in and hang in through the evening showers. then storms and heavier rain, flooding and even some hail possible on thursday. weekend, not looking quite, we may get one dry day. sj, 50 for the warm spot. clearlake, 46 for the cool spot. ukiah, 51. already else in the mid to upper 50s. monterey bay, rain this afternoon. temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60. showers tonight, we will be mild with mid 40s throughout our inland neighborhoods. take a look what is happening, cold front is moving away, the next system starting to move in. we're starting to see clouds and few showers ahead of the main system. let's find out when the main system comes in. 7:00 this morning, still the chance of a shower or two but by 2:00, the rain steadier rain comes ashore. by 5:00 just in time for the evening commute. some of the heavier rain hangs around and there is about 6-7 hour any rain, it will keep raining and front passes. that is when it becomes more showery nature tomorrow and for tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow night, a quick break but quickly as it goes, it goes away. by 6:00 in the morning, thunderstorms rolling in, yellows up here, that means chance of heavy rain and going to come down in much faster fashion, we could have flooding and even more rock slides and mudslides. by 11:00, it starts to roll out. rainfall totals will be around one to two inches in the bay. up to four inches of rain by thursday evening in our mountains. showers are possible friday and rain light on saturday. then finally sunday, dry with temperatures in the upper 50s along the coast but low to mid-60s, a little warmer for the rest of us. mass transit delays. >> the bay link ferry sought of service after being damage by debris. vallejo transit buses will serve the 7:00 and 8:30 departures but vallejo bay link ferry out of service. drive times, it's slow on westbound 4 making your way out of antioch towards concord. under 40 miles an hour. that is 22 minute drive time. 580 is make your way from 205 to 680. if you are heading out of town, have your chains with you, 80 between donor lake and gold run. >> let's go outside for a live look in the south bay. this is san jose, 280 right at the 17 overcrossing. traffic is flowing 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are somewhat used to rock slides but this had the largest one they've seen in a while. 200 foot wall of trees, dirt, dirt and rock came down. it happened across nelson road. there is about 200 to 300 foot long area of debris and 1 a 50 feet wide, wiped out a power line and cut off access to 25 homes. it's from the main road. people can walk around it but no cars are allowed in and out. the slide stunned residents. one woman was able to pull out her cell phone and capture it. >> anyone who was there, that is going down. it's going down in minutes. >> -- oh, my god. >> reporter: no one was hurt. now geologists will be out this morning, they have to figure out how they can move it out of way without causing another slide. they have a small window in which to work. 25 homes are being blocked right now. so you can imagine the 57 people who live would appreciate a speedy fix. they are not in physical danger but can't get in and out of their homes. just when can they expect more rain to complicate the situation. let's turn that question over to meteorologist mike nicco. >> that is a great question. you see that tree just riding a rock wave like it was a wave of water. we do have some light showers out there right now, the key is they are voo v light. it looks like it's going to be light around walnut creek and lafayette and american canyon and vallejo. everything looks really quiet but by 2:00, it's going to be a steady rain that is going to last about six or seven hours. not worried about flooding but the one thursday, the rain is going to be heavier and come down faster, that is when we may have more problems. first, let's turn it over to kristen for the news. >> coastguard says it may be another day before dozen boats swept out onto a beach are moved. 17 vessels brook loose in richardson bay. one boat started leak go fuel. a few were towed away quickly because of concern about further leaks. they are giving the owners time to get the vessels off the beach. >> classes are expected to finally resume at contra costa college in san pablo. officials have been forced to cancel all classes since last thursday because of a power outage. they say they still don't know what caused the outage but it led to big quflgs to students who said they didn't get the message the school was closed aresent out an e-mail but it's convenient for me to travel from home and not be able to attend a school. one thing is whether too much rain got into under ground vault. school has replaced the fuses and looking repairing lines. >> marin sanitation district is asking for a criminal investigation into a december spill that dumped sewage into the bay. they accused the contractor of severe negligence in the case. the district says jmb put the debris in place and they think the fairfax residents that i have vandalized the people. they disabled the pumping station and that could be to blame for the spill. redwood city police are searching for a man suspected of attempting to kidnap a 14-year-old girl. it happened yesterday as the girl was walking into 100 block of arch street. a man drove his car into a driveway blocking the path. he opened the door and ordered her to get in. she refused and he drove off. the man is only described as a white man in his 40s with gray hair, a heavy set build, driving a gray four-door sedan, newer model with dry-cleaning hanging in the driver's side rear window. >> a new court ruling could keep the landmark climate change law from rolling out. a judge has blocked the law because of a controversy over cap and trade. that part of the measure allows some businesses pollute if they can buy credits from non-polluting businesses. state plans to appeal. >> time to check the weather forecast with mike. it's dry out here right now but, all of us is going to get a soaking tonight? >> absolutely. i want to go back down to boulder creek and scotts valley, how late that rain. i was estimated .02, nothing too serious there. had what is going to happen and take a look at the bigger picture. you can see the radar returns diminishing overnight but higher clouds, deeper moisture moving into the left side of your screen. that is the next system that is going to move in this afternoon. we'll have one shower around prospect road all way down to saratoga and one on highway 24 and lafayette. by 8:00, you can see how the showers are very limited, temperatures in the low to mid 40s inland and mid to upper 40s out to the coat. by noon, watch the rain start to move in from the coast and temperatures hitting the low to mid-50s. then by 4:00, we are all dealing with rain. it will be heavy at times but more of a kind of a light to moderate rain that will last for a long time and drop quarter to half an inch by midnight. strongest storm is going to hit thursday. we'll see dry weather by sunday. >> good morning. we do have a couple of hot spots. first is the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights and back-up to the west grand overcrossing. about a 10-15-minute delay. when you do head into san francisco, they have issued a wind advisory for the bay bridge. also along the east shore, look at 880 heading through the berkeley area, drive dime tiem to the maze is 20 minutes. important news for vallejo ferry commuters, bay link ferry is out of service this morning after being damaged by debris. vallejo transit buses will serve 7:00 and 8:30 departures. other slow spot, westbound 4 towards concord, speeds below 20 miles an hour. drive time right now from lone tree way to 42, 12 minutes. >> no delays all the way into san ramon valley. >> time is 6:38. >> trading is underway on wall street. live report from the new york stock exchange and live look at the big board. the dow is up eight points. >> and sealed with a kiss. a unique appearance for charlie sheen. >> and i'm janelle wang. opening statements set to begin this morning in the barry bonds' perjury trial. i'll tell you about the first few witnesses who may be called to the stand. look at the radar across our state. it is pretty quiet this morning but as we look at the california forecast. you can see the wall of water coming in from the west. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. down in southern california, dry with low to mid-50s around san diego and palm springs. take you to the sierra, we've got one of the longest winter storm warnings i've ever seen, from 7:00 this evening until 5:00 friday morning. two to four feet of snow we may get double that. it's going to be a mess up there to get around the next couple of days. new field poll finds california voters like governor jerry brown. 48% of voters approve of his performance. only 16% approve the job the legislature is doing. he is turning the pressure on republican lawmakers because he says they aren't doing anything to help close a $26 billion deficit. he spoke at a labor conference last night. >> you're not going to vote on taxes, you're not going to vote to cut, so what the hell are you going to do? if you aren't going to do anything, why do you take a paycheck? >> they approved a resolution opposing tax extensions even despite government reform. lawmakers say it's unlikely any such measure could be placed on the battle. >> california's largest health care provider is delaying hike. anthem blue cross will delay an increase in deductibles and copayments until next january. state insurance commissioner says it will save 600,000 policyholders at least $40 million. jones says blue shield and pacific care have agreed delays in hikes. >> apple steve jobs getting unwanted attention this morning. >> jane king joins us live from the new york stock exchange. good morning, jane. >> reporter: good morning. jobs could be in the hot seat being required by a federal judge to answer questions in the antitrust dispute involving itunes. this suit was filed by consumers and claims that itunes operated a monopoly. limiting the questions to two hours and knowledge up a he can be questioned about is changes in software of october 2004, it rendered changes inoperable by ipods. >> and united continental hiking fares by $10. this the sixth time that fares have gone up. >> consumer complaints about debt collector, more complaints about debt collection than any other industry, threats of property seizure and even violence. >> pretty quiet day, a little lower stocks, nasdaq turned to the down side. live at the new york stock exchange, jane king, bloomberg news. >> and very good news from the fukushima daiichi power plant this morning. within the last hour, officials announced that workers have managed to reattach power lines to all six reactors. that is the first step to reactivate go the cooling systems but they have to check motors and pumps to turn the power on. the temperature in a pool where spent fuel rods has risen to boiling creating a rick of radioactive steam. >> evacuated families of miracle personnel are returning to the bay area this morning. just about 30 minutes ago, two military flights carrying those evacuees touched down at travis in fairfield. you are looking at very first video coming in right now as the families in japan returning. military families he are coming back in light of all the problems in japan right now. they touched down at a travis air force base. a second plane full of evacuees is expected to douch down around 9:00 a.m.. their return is voluntary. 500 family members made the decision to come back. pentagon says it helps reduce the demand for water and food in japan. we'll hear from them at 11:00 this morning. caltrans says a crumbling section of the highway should be repaired. southbound lane begin crumbling into the pacific following days of rain. damaged forced the chp to close the scene highway north of big sur. it will cost about $2.5 million to stabilize. check in with mike. see when the real rain is coming in. i like that term. >> that is why i like it. i came up with it. >> heavier rain coming in later this afternoon. that is the key, eric. good point. we're seeing a little bit of clearly this morning after some showers that have rolled through. you can see them on live doppler 7 hd and still watching some of those showers move up 24 and kind of fall apart as had he head toward pleasant hill and few more around santa cruz as they. next system does come in going to kick upwind especially around the delta communities and into the central valley. that is where we'll have a wind advisory from midnight through 6:00 tomorrow with wind gusts around 40-50 miles an hour. if you are traveling through the central valley, not only will it be wet but windy. back home, it's kind of calm outside. low to mid 40s in inland neighborhoods. we have mid 40s around the monterey bay and inland to salinas and 40 in gilroy. highlights, steadier rain coming in this afternoon. we'll have showers tomorrow and another strong system will come in thursday. it is going to bring the potential for more flooding as it will have heavier rain and fall in the shorter duration of time and also have hail witness. weekend, today, 50 in san jose. 46 in clearlake. 51 in ukiah. everyone in the mid to upper 50s >> showers tonight, mild and mid to upper 40s around the bay shore and out to the coast with low to mid 40s in inland valleys. yesterday's front moving away. today we're talking about this low. one coming down, sitting in the bottom of this trough and it adds energy to it. allows it to grab more moisture and that is why we'll have heavier rain this afternoon and tonight. through 7:00 in the morning, some of the showers, then look at the 5:00, heavier steadier rain moving in time for the evening commute. about a six-hour window it will be that way. 11:00, front starts sweeping across the bay and then with the steady rain, it becomes more showery in nature. a small break through thursday morning and been by 6:00 thursday morning, thunderstorms will roll in. rainfall amounts very impressive everybody is in the green, at least an inch, possibly two inches around the bay and four inches in our mountains. that is why i'm worried about flooding and mudslides. here is a look at accu-weather seven-day forecast, showers on friday as the system winds down. chance of rain on saturday and low to mid-50s around the bay. monday, another chance of rain. we're going to ask again, if you have any weather video or weather photos we would love to see them. go to see the ones from the weekend. thank you very much. >> do have a couple problem spots, starting off the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights, we do have a back-up west grand overcrossing, 15-minute delay to make your way through the tolls. once you are heading through the bay bridge, chp has issued a wind advisory, both hands on the wheel heading into san francisco. important news if you are going through the santa cruz mountains northbound 17, new crash reported right at summit road. three cars involved in the crash. it has been moved over to the shoulder and not causing any slowing yet through the area. check out the mass transit commute, no service for commuting on the vallejo ferry. bay links is out of service due to damage caused by debris. transit buses will be in affect to service the 7:00 and 8:30 departures. live look in the north bay and san rafael, traffic is getting heavy. southbound along 101 coming out of novato and latest traffic updates, go to www.abc7.com. san francisco police are looking for the man who robbed a church and its adjoining preschool. is th is surveillance video from early yesterday morning at the presbyterian church. suspect broke a window in preschool to get in and wandered around the building up to 20 minutes causing up to $9,000 in damage. >> in the first of its kind, they will eliminate cad yum. twin brands was one of several companies to have jewelry recalled for high cad cadmium levels. experts stay who high levels of the metal may increase the risk of cancer and can cause, kidney, bone disease. >> actor charlie sheen made another national television appearance on abc. this one came filled sealed with a kiss. he gave a big smooch on jimmy kimmel. he didn't stay long but he did get the audience fired up. he said he had to go read scripts and left suddenly as he arrived. >> he didn't kiss and tell. he just kissed and ran. >> recapping our top story, the jury is seated and just hours from now, prosecutors will begin opening statements in the barry bonds federal perjury trial. >> reporter: opening statements this morning and they are going to call the first witnesses to the stand. barry bonds will be in court this morning, yesterday he watched his attorneys and prosecution select a jury that will determine his fate. bonds is facing four federal counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice in a case involving steroid use. the jury of 12 includes eight men and four women. including a nurse and a's fan and two retirees. now, the witnesses are scheduled to testify sometime today. they include bonds' former personal trainer greg anderson. he has refused to testify which has landed him in jail for about a year. and his former mistress and federal agent who uncovered the scandal. the judge says she will not release any of the jurors' names until a verdict has been made. a decision on the verdict has been made. more on top stories, amy hollyfield live in santa cruz. >> reporter: good morning, we are in scotts valley where residents are dealing with a huge mudslide. it has caused quite a problem and hurry to get it cleaned up. yet officials say they have to take their time. they don't want to trigger another slide. it's about 2-300 feet long. one woman caught it on the iphone. i it's blocking nelson road. residents have to walk around it. their cars can't get around it. 25 homes are blocked creating quite an inconvenience. a geologist will try to figure out how to handle this. they want to bring move it before the next storm rolls in. they don't want to move things too quickly. 57 people that live in the homes that are blocked would like to see a speedy resolution to all of this. >> reporter: checking out top stories, 500 military family members stationed in japan have just had the ra advice air force base in fairfield. these are the very first pictures of the arrival after enduring the magnitude earthquake they were given the option of returning home to voluntary evacuation was encouraged because of scattered showers food and water supplies. >> things are looking pretty good in terms of the weather. short break before more rain comes. >> and snow. this is what happened last week up in sierra. it looks like four to five feet on top of the house. then it starts this afternoon, temperatures mid to upper 50s, about 2:00, to about 10:00, it's got the steady rain around the bay. with heavy flooding rain around thursday. >> bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on traffic backed up to the west grand overcrossing. we have a new crash along highway 4, eastbound 4 at leverage. two left lanes blocked and heavy traffic on westbound four making your way out of antioch. in oakland, bay link ferry the out of service due to damage to debris. >> back with a local update at 7:24. have a great day. we'll see you back here tomorrow morning.