45 Miles Per Hour in yountville. And that streams all the way to just outside of novato and then in the eastern portion of the bay area, that very dangerous 580 680 corridor, thats where we have a moderate cell falling right now. Altamont pass light rain is falling and then as you dip down into san jose we have a little clear slot there near Mountain View but as we swing into the peninsula we have heavy downpours near woodside, san mateo bridge also and all of these bridges today the winds are gusting up to 20, 25 Miles Per Hour even potentially stronger gusts at times. This is a heavy cell thats now drifting across the mill valley area into muir beach. Winds in excess of 20 Miles Per Hour there, as well. Its slippery across the Golden Gate Bridge with the air temperature now in the low 60s so its very mild. These temperatures pretty much as high as it gets right now with the passage of the cold front. Some cooler air drifts into the bay area. But notice the wind speeds right now 14 in livermore, 15 vallejo, 21 in napa. Full forecast is just a matter of minutes away but right now, its definitely weather and traffic together. Heres liza. Its busy already. The chp has issued a sig alert for the north bay where highway 116 is should down in both areas in guerneville atree across first street and highway 116 closed until 6 00 at least. Theres a downed power line. We are seeing more of these problems especially in the north bay at this hour. And a problem along highway 29. This is in the calistoga area approaching livermore road. Its a rockslide partially blocking the southbound lane. This is a twolane road heading through the area so be prepared for just a brief delay getting through there. Those are some of the hot spots this morning. Highway 4 already we had a major accident this morning. We are just hearing from the chp that all lanes are now open before bailey but you will certainly see lots of activity off to the righthand side several cars involved in this accident. So far, traffic at the bay bridge Holding Steady with just a brief delay there. But very strong winds for our bridges. Ill have more kcbs traffic in less than 10 minutes. Flooding, downed trees and Power Outages are all possible today as roberta said, and drivers can expect slow going traffic during the commute. Anne makovec is in southern marin to show us the conditions. It looks wet over there. It is wet. But the main problem right now is it is windy of course. Im up on vista point. Right now you can see the Golden Gate Bridge or if you can see it in the background, its, yeah, a little, um, i dont know, icky out here. Lets just go with that. Very wet and windy the drive up here, we were hydroplaning a little bit on 101. So do be careful and definitely literally hang on to your hats. People have been preparing for the storm for days filling up sandbags on all sides of the bay. People arent really sure what exactly they are needing to prepare for. They are just making sure they are ready for anything. I live in a flood zone so even just a normal wintery storm i flood and on top of that, extraordinary circumstances, im expecting a lot of flood action. Reporter another big part of the prep is checking on trees and cleaning storm drains. The wind is really whipping. I could hear it all night long, as well. Thats the concern when you get a little bit of moisture that some of the trees and power lines could topple. Well be watching it for you. Right now live in marin county, anne makovec, kpix 5. The storm wasnt spawned by el nino but it is providing a preview of what we can expect during the coming months and theres a huge evident under way to minimize any potential problems. Kpix 5 reporter kiet do is at the san fransesquito creek in palo alto one of the most flood prone spots in the south bay. Hoodie up, good morning reporter yeah. Its drizzling slightly here just picked up in the past half hour or so. We are live at the bridge along the san fransesquito creek in palo alto here. This creek flooded in 1998 and 2004. Folks got a false text alert saying it was going to flood. It was a bad sensor and they apologized for the inconvenience. People have been cutting tree branches away from power lines, clearing out storm brains, filling up sandbags clearing out storm drains and filling up sandbags. Yesterday Emergency Managers from all across the region from San Francisco to sacramento held a drill to practice rapid responses to mud slides and floods. Well be overprepared. Thats the way we deal with expected dangers. Reporter backs out here live at the pope chaucer bridge in palo alto, the Authorities Say this new Early Warning system is complex and that they are still working on it. Kiet do, kpix 5. The lake tahoe area and other parts of the sierra are expecting the biggest snowstorm in a couple of years. The highest peaks could get 2 to 3 feet of snow. At lake level, forecasters predict 8 to 16 inches. Chain controls are likely so pack them before you head up 80 or 50. If you are anywhere along the coast, be prepared for some dangerous surf. Waves could top 30 feet in some spots off the coast tonight. Riptides and sneaker waves could be a problem, as well. Remember, you can get your Weather Forecast on the go with the weather app. The Walnut Creek Planning Commission will talk about whether to open a Winter Weather shelter for the homeless. It would convert the st. Paul Episcopal Church on trinity avenue into a shelter for about 30 homeless in the city. Some neighbors object to the proposal because they say there is a vandalism problem directly related to the homeless in that area. The board meets tonight at 7 00 at city hall. More drivers are jumping on board a lawsuit against uber. The drivers want to be classified as employees not independent contractors. Yesterday, a judge invalidated a clause in some of their contracts saying they cant sue the company. The judge also ruled drivers can seek reimbursement for expenses like gas, car repairs and phone charges when the case goes to trial next year. Today 100 School Classrooms will get lockdown kids, portable toilets, food, water, dusk masks. A Public Safety foundation is providing the kits with a grant from pg e. Teachers and staff in Mountain View have been working to upgrade their drills for fires and earthquakes. Mayor lee is going to portland to be part of a west he could mayors summit. Mayors from seattle, portland, eugene will participate. They will discuss homelessness, the housing crisis and climate change. A big win for pg e. The maximum fine prosecutors can seek for the san bruno pipeline explosion has been cut in half. A federal judge ruling said the company can face 563 million maximum penalty at trial. Prosecutors were asking for more than 1 billion in fines. The judge ruled there was no legal basis for that amount. The explosion and fire in 2010 killed eight people and destroyed 35 homes. Scammers are posing as tax collectors. People are receiving calls saying they owe taxes to the irs. The caller then asks for the victim to make a credit card payment or face arrest. The calls may even be coming from a government phone number. Officials are warning never give out your credit card of information over the phone to anyone. And say goodbye to a Neighborhood Land mark. The Postal Service set to remove a bunch of corner mailboxes around the city of palo alto. The move which is expected to come after christmas will reduce the number of collection boxes from 193 down to 112. The Postal Service has seen a steep drop in single piece first class mail. Even so, some residents say they will miss the neighborhood convenience. Horrible. I dont want to have to get in my car and drive somewhere to a mailbox on el camino and theres no parking. And, you know, its a pain in the butt yeah. To put it bluntly. The boxes that have been tappinged for removal now have a notice on them. 5 09. Major development in the freddie gray case. One of the Six Baltimore Police officers charged in his death testified in his own defense. What he said on the stand. Remember that missile test off the california coast that had everyone thinking aliens had invaded the state . Another is expected to take place today. And we are going to tell you where. At 10 minutes after the hour of 5 00, good morning from the kpix 5 weather center, where a storm is now bearing down on the bay area. Ill tell you how long it will impact your thursday. And its a windy drive across our bridges this morning. The golden gate commute, southbound traffic still flowing well approaching the slippery Golden Gate Bridge. But we do have a sig alert in the north bay on 116. A rockslide on highway 29. Ill have detail of the hot spots with kcbs traffic. ,,,,,,,,, its 5 13 on this thursday. Its blustery as you head out the door. You can plan on gusty winds. And it is raining sideways at this particular time. Well be in the rain and the winds throughout your morning commute and i have the details when it will all end coming up shortly. A cruise ship returns today after a switchboard malfunction sparked a fire. The ship lost electricity. The delay caused a change in course for the grand princess ship. Boat Officials Say the 2,600 passengers on board will get a full refund. A Baltimore Police officer is expected to be back on the witness stand in his defense this morning. Officer William Porter has been giving his account of what happened the day freddie gray died. He is accused of ignoring grays cries for medical attention while under arrest. Port ever says he did not realize gray needed porter says he did not realize gray needed immediate medical help until they reached the police station. Rahm emanuel issuing an emotional apology to the people of chicago. Do you think the police would ever treat you the way they treat me . And the answer is, no. And that is wrong and that has to change in this city [ voice breaking ] that has to come to an end and end now. No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of chicago [ applause ] this comes after the release of dashcam video showing a white Police Officer shooting a black teen 16 times. He vowed to work on repairing relationships between the police and communities of color in the city. This morning, a missile test in new mexico will light up the sky for hundreds of miles. Its similar to a test in california last month that prompted false rumors about ufos. This morning an unarmed juno missile will be launched between 5 30 and 6 30 from an old military depot in western new mexico. Officials have been notified as far away as palm springs. So look at the skies. It was a slippery commute to work today. It was icky. Thats how anne described it. Slick roads. It would be one of those mornings where we are going to want to pack up, leave home early and give yourself some extra time. Lots of accidents out there. We begin in the north bay where we are seeing most of our accidents this morning. We are seeing many spinouts with very slick roadways. This spinout in san rafael southbound 101 just before North San Pedro has one lane of traffic shut down and the chp has issued a sig alert for the guerneville area where gavinstein highway is shut down 116 closed in both directions approaching first street. It is not expected to reopen until 6 30 this morning. A power pole is down so a messy situation in the north bay. Theres a problem in calistoga involving a rockslide which partially shut down highway 29 in the southbound direction just as you approach livermore road in calistoga. Those are some of the hot spots this morning. Its already been very slow for the westbound highway 4 commute. There was a major accident that happened about an hour ago. All lanes are now open. It happened in bay point involving several cars. Thats been cleared up but westbound along 4 stacked up leaving a street and stays heavy through pittsburg up the willow pass so very long delays there. The bay bridge toll plaza commute is still okay. A lighted commute oakland into San Francisco. Its very wet and going to be a very blustery commute heading across our bridges. Take it nice and easy. Youre going to feel those winds especially if you drive a highprofile vehicle. Thats a look at kcbs traffic. Now to roberta. 5 17, time to take a look at our weather watchers. This is so vitally important during storm watch because i have people with weather stations, programs you have one, too, that im checking in with so they can tell me whats going on in their particular area. Lets take a look at this one right here, 58 degrees, so says dave in napa. He says hes already picked up. 4 of rain this morning and lets see what he has to say. He says, good morning, getting some heavier rain now. I really appreciate that report, dave. 58 degrees, its a mild start to your morning. Temperatures will go down as the day progresses. Right now tim woods reports 58, winds up to 30. Lets see what he says in benicia, wind gusts so far up to 50 Miles Per Hour. So not only is it problematic because its slippery on the roadways this morning but also, very gusty winds. This is our live hidef Doppler Radar. We have the front, the heaviest rain showers moving through the north bay right now slicing into the central bay and the burnedout area of the valley fire we are very mindful of the possibility of mud slides this morning due to the heavy downpours occurring right now throughout cloverdale and lakeport, also in throughout the napa area were seeing some heavy rainfall. Livermore in the east bay 580 680 corridor youre going to see a little bit of a break. We are seeing some rainfall move in towards that Altamont Pass where the winds have been over 30 Miles Per Hour. Alum rock wet. Meanwhile heading into the peninsula hitandmiss scattered showers. We have a pocket of heavier rain moving into woodside at this time. Around the bridges today, thats where well see some gusty winds 35 Miles Per Hour temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Winds 10 at san jose, 14 livermore, 15 vallejo, 21 sfo. 23mileperhour sustained winds right now in napa with stronger gusts up to 45 Miles Per Hour. Thats why we have that high wind alert in effect. Its an advisory for the north bay mountains until 10 00 this morning. At 4 00 this afternoon, we have a high surf warning that goes into effect. Our local beaches, some of the swells up to 18 feet, pounding our local seashore causing some localized flooding there, as well. And thats why we have that right now Coastal Flood Advisory that goes into effect for tomorrow for mill valley and sausalito for those flood prone areas. You know where those are. So keep that in mind for your friday. Meanwhile, this is the front. Its moving across the northwestern section of the state of california and as it does so, its going south. And you will notice as the front passes we see a little bit of a lull around lunchtime but here comes some more wraparound moisture, a lot of rain associated with this system, a lot of gusty winds and also, because this is a cold front, not el nino, but a cold front, as that colder air overrides the warmer air, theres a potential for a thunderstorm popping this afternoon and in the evening hours. Up to an inch of rain throughout most locations today over 2 in the ukiah area. We have a winter storm warning in effect for the high sierra. We are anticipating up to two feet of snow above 7,000 feet. Numbers, hm, doesnt even really make a difference today. Those numbers are coming down into the 60s. Meanwhile, once we get rid of this system on friday, we have another cold front that will push through the bay area on sunday into monday. Its a very busy thursday. Take a breath, roberta. Well done. It is 5 20 now. After a controversial proposal, donald trump continues to cause turmoil for the Republican Party how he is considering changing his campaign plans coming up. And im dennis odonnell. Coming up, the sharks, they had an old friend for dinner last night and crab season in the ocean might be a bust but pretty lucrative on the football field. Well explain straight ahead. And whats cool about your school . Email your nomination to us at coolschools kpix. Com. We may come and feature your school on the show. And no play of the,, why let someone else have all ththfun . The sosotimemehaphphard,d, never boring fun. The why cant it smell like this all the time fun. The learning the virtue of sharing this all fun. Time fun. Why let someone else have all the fun . Thats no fun. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Store good morning, everybody. After 7 seasons with the sharks, Todd Mcclelland faced his old team. Now as coach of the oilers. And he says the media scrutiny is greater in canada than san jose. The daily review here, um, is a little bit different than the daily review in san jose. The sharks failed to make the playoffs. Oilers havent been to the post season six 2006. They were tied with the sharks in overtime last night. Taylor hall scores the game winner. Edmonton wins 43 the sharks lost their fourth straight. Baseball news the as traded brett lawrie to the white sox. He was the centerpiece at the disastrous Josh Donaldson trade. Billy beane signed john eckert to a twoyear deal. He played 25 games with the rockies last season. Nfl owners heard one thing when Michael Crabtree was on the roster. What do i do to get the ball . Now a member of the raiders, crabtree has been getting the football and yesterday, they rewarded him with a new four Year Contract worth 35 million. He leads the team in catches and touchdowns. And i think that signing is sort of indicative of a major culture change in a trending direction for the oakland raiders. You can check it out on my blog at kpix. Com. Im dennis odonnell, see you tonight. Thank you, dennis. Play of the day, its a good one. Memphis at detroit. Pistons up 2. Theres a couple of chances to steal the game at the foul line. Matt barnes is going to do something incredible. They are down a couple. Thats the threepointer. Half court, at the buzzer, ballgame how about that memphis gets a road winner on the long three ball by mr. Barnes. And they get our play of the day. Its a two fer. It is nasty out here. I can attest to that. You stay home. Well take you outside into the storm coming up after this break. Yeah. It is also raining here in palo alto. We are taking a look at what officials are doing to prepare for flooding. ,,,,,,,,,,,, out in the elements to trac all. Ad libs the strongest storm yet to hit the bay area this season moves in. Our crews are out in the elements to track it all. Is. Our live hidef Doppler Radar is ready to go. Well show you where its raining the hardest. We have spinouts across the bay area. The newest problem on 24 in orinda. Ill have details. Good morning, its thursday, december 10. Im maria medina in for michelle griego. Im frank mallicoat. It is 5 30 on the nose. Wet weather is the big story this morning. You can see the storm lighting up our hidef Doppler Radar. Roberta is tracking the storm for us but first, anne makovec is in southern marin county and we saw earlier that the wind was picking up. How are you holding up . Reporter i have to literally hold on to my hat. The wind is crazy. This is really one of the windiest spots in the bay area. So not surprising. But it is pretty bad. It is whistling and howling out here. The rain is kind of cut down. Its more sprinkling right now. Traffic is moving pretty smoothly on the Golden Gate Bridge. When we were driving up here we did hydroplane a little bit and there are signs all over leading up to the Golden Gate Bridge saying caution, the road is wet. So first, i would say doh to that. Some people need the reminder. People have been preparing for the storm for days filling up sandbags on all sides of the bay. Really for the past week, knowing that the whole el nino system is on the way. People arent really sure what exactly they are needing to prepare for. They are just making sure they are ready for anything. I live in a flood zone so even just a normal wintery storm i flood and on top of that, extraordinary circumstances, im expecting a lot of flood action. Reporter another big part of the prep is checking on trees and cleaning storm drains. We are going to get rid of whatever comes before it has a chance to flood the roads. Well be watching it for you. Right now live in marin county, anne makovec, kpix 5. Once el nino starts sending storms our way, we could see a lot more mornings like this one and emergency officials have been trying to get ahead of any potential problems. Kiet do joins us live from palo alto at one of the biggest areas of concern in the south bay. Good morning, kiet. Reporter yes, good morning. Still just a light drizzle out here at the pope chaucer bridge in palo alto. We are buffeted by the trees so we are not getting any of the heavy winds that anne is getting yet but we are bracing for it. So this area got some serious flooding back in 1998 and 2012. So everybody is on edge when a big storm is on the way. Folks were really confused along the san fransesquito creek yesterday when they got a text warning say the creek was about to spill its banks even though the storm was a full day away. It turns out there was a bad sensor that triggered that false alarm and authorities have since apologized. Yesterday Emergency Managers from all across the region from San Francisco to sacramento held a drill to practice rapid responses to mud slides and floods. Homeowners were out cutting tree branches away from power lines, clearing out storm drains and filling sandbags. Every year, we dont know whats going to happen but im just getting sandbags just in case. So Authorities Say that this new Early Warning system is new and complex. They are still working on it. Kiet do, kpix 5. Now to Roberta Gonzales who is very busy. Its very windy and we are having heavy downpours as this front associated with this classic cold front having nothing to do with el nino at all is racing across the north bay. Its impacting middletown, clearlake and cloverdale very much concerned with throws locations because those, of course very much concerned with those locations because those, of course, had the burnedout areas of the valley fire a few months ago so we could see mud slides there. This front contains winds up to 50 miles an hour, downed trees a possibility, downed power lines a possibility. Right now the heaviest activity you can see it by the yellows and reds. This is the front. Its been dumping up to 3 4 of rain in the past few rush hours. We have a cell a heavy one into san ramon impacting 680 south over towards the sunol grade. We have some heavy rainfall thats now falling with gusty winds around the Altamont Pass. Here you have your peninsula rain showers. Green is a light rain, yellow is the more moderate rainfall and then we start to see the areas of orange thats a heavier downpour. Golden gate bridge at this particular time it is not raining but the winds have been gusting up to 45 Miles Per Hour. All our bridges will be impacted by this storm for the morning commute. Temperatures currently in the 50s and 60s. The winds have been increasing really ramping up to 13 in san ramon now, 15 concord and vallejo, 22 in novato. 23 in the napa area. Very windy, very blustery today. We do have a high wind watch in effect for the north bay mountains this morning until 10 a. M. We have a high surf warning that goes into effect later on today. A Coastal Flood Advisory for sausalito in mill valley. That will be tomorrow. We have details on this in 10 minutes. But first, we have a traffic alert. Thats right. The chp has issued a traffic advisory for drivers heading along 116. Its closed at this hour in both directions. This is the gravenstein highway shut down both ways approaching 1st street in guerneville. Theres a large downed tree which shut down the road. A power line is down. They dont chp hopes to open this stretch of 116 by 6 30 a. M. We also have problems in the calistoga area. Highway 29 at livermore road theres a rockslide partially blocking the southbound direction of 29. Lots of accidents in the north bay with this spinout in san rafael. Southbound 101 just before North San Pedro at least one lane of traffic shut down there. Roberta says theres a cell right over the 680 commute. Thats where we do now have an accident southbound 680 approaching crow canyon. Heres live pictures of the 680 commute as it rolls through the Pleasant Hill area. You can see very wet. We also have wind advisories in place for our bridges. And heavy traffic for this stretch of 680 as it rolls through Pleasant Hill. Of course, well keep a close eye on the commute and ill have more kcbs traffic for you in less than ten minutes. Today the lake tahoe area and other parts of the sierra are expecting the biggest snowstorm in two years. The highest peaks could get 2 to 3 feet of snow and at lake level, forecasters predict 8 to 16 inches. Chain requirements were issued a few minutes ago for eastbound i80 at applegate. And to our north, days of rain since last sunday have caused flooding and mud slides in oregon and washington. Two people have died in oregon. Crews worked overnight on i5 to clear the rocks and mud on the road and people were rescued at an rv park after a river overflowed. Another town, homeowners were evacuated after a hillside behind them gave way. Breaking news now. A fire in San Franciscos Mission District injures two people. It broke out early this morning on Mission Street near the intersection of cesar chavez. Firefighters put it out at 3 45 a. M. Two people were hurt but the extend of their injuries is unclear. No word on what caused the fire. New details about the mass shooting in San Bernardino. We now know that even before they started dating, San Bernardino killers started plotting online and under the radar. Fbi director james comey telling congress the couples radicalization goes back for years. As early as the end of 2013 they were talking about jihad and martyrdom before they got married and lived together in the united states. The fbi says the radicalization may have involved Enrique Marquez who bought the two assault weapons used in last weeks attack. We learned 24yearold marquez is his brotherinlaw married to the sister of farooks brothers wife. Both women are russian immigrants. People who know marquez describe the marriage as distant. The two lived at separate addresses. After the attacks, marquez checked himself into a Mental Health facility but has since been released. He is said to be cooperating with the authorities. The Alameda CountyDistrict Attorneys Office is considering charging a woman with a hate crime after she allegedly attacked a group of muslim men praying in a park. The men say they came to lake Chabot Regional Park sunday to play volleyball but decided to pray while they waited for the rain to stop. Now, thats when a woman began yelling allah is the devil. One man recorded the whole thing on his cell phone. That woman could also face battery charges. Donald trump is still the republican frontrunner with his highest level of support yet 35 . Now, the poll was taken before trump proposed to ban muslims from entering the u. S. Last night he threatened to run as an independent over what he believes is unfair treatment from the Republican Party to him. Yesterday, president obama took a swipe at trump during an event to mark the 150th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation. Our freedom is bound up with the freedom of others regardless of what they look like, where they come from, what their last name is, or what faith they practice. [ applause and cheers ] and boxer muhammad ali is also saying, quote, our political leaders should use their position to bring understanding about the religion of islam. Before you perhaps shut down for the holidays, you may want to review your financial life. A couple of weeks away from christmas. Cbs News Business analyst Jill Schlesinger says doing so can boost your bottom line. Good morning jill. Take us through investments. Reporter if you have losses in a taxable investment account, you can actually sell them and they will offset gains that you may have previously taken in the year. By the way, that can include gains from your mutual funds from those distribution. If you have more losses than gains, you can deduct up to 3,000 against your ordinary income. If you have more than 3,000 you can carry that amount over to future years. If you are going to sell something and you replace it within 30 days, the new asset cant be substantially identical, otherwise you will lose your tax deduction. So to avoid that, wait 31 days, you can repurchase what you sold or replace it with something thats close but not the same as the one you sold, maybe something cheaper like an index fund. So jill, a lot of people are selfemployed or have a second job. Any tips for them . Reporter absolutely. You know, i know a lot of people are doing this ever since the recovery started from the recession. If you have another sort source of income, estimate how much more money could come in next year. So if your tax bracket could rise in 2016, you want to delay making any taxdeductible business purchases until january. If you are going to get new software you want to use the writeoffs when theyre more valuable but if you made a lot money this year, not going to repeat it next year, purchase them now while the deduction is more valuable. You may also want to consider opening something called a qualified retirement account by december 31. This is not an ira. It allows you to put in a lot more money. But by doing this you will save money in taxes next year and unlike the iras, not only can you put more money in, you have to open the company by the calendar year end. Good news is, you have until the day you file your taxes including your extensions to make the contribution. For more of the 15year end money tips for 2015, go to jillonmoney. Com. Lots of great tips. Thank you. It is 5 42. Protestors storming city hall demanding that a Bay Area Police chief be fired. How the chief is responding. A live look at your wet commute over on 880 over in oakland. Liza, roberta, they are tracking the weather and the traffic coming up after the break. ,,,,,,,, they came to call for the resignation of police chief suhr huge crowds of protestors showed up at the San FranciscoPolice Commission meeting calling for the resignation of police chief suhr this after last weeks shooting at mario woods. Many voiced outrage about woods death and emotions were high at the meeting. What we witnessed was an assassination, a hate crime, and straightup murder. Chief suhr, you need to go woods was carrying a knife when five officers shot him in the bayview last wednesday. The cleave is asking for tasers for his the cleave is asking for tasers for his officers the chief is asking for his officers. Inside one of the boxes of the oakland coliseum, pepsi cups were taped up to plug holes. The joint Powers Authority says the cups have since been taken down. And there was no sign of a leak. You know, taking shots at pepsi cuts looks funny, doesnt look great but its not a big issue. Fans could still come out. These are the byproducts of older stadiums. They will have these kind of issues. Theres an issue, clean it, fix it, move on. It is old. 49 years old. The coliseum has had a long list of issues bathrooms in the locker rooms known to overflow with sewage. I think some of the in the opposing players dugout they had sewage coming in there. Ew. A little messy. I thought were you talking about the coliseum. Yes. Exactly. Come on. But its home. It is home. You compare that to at t park, thats like disneyland, you go to the coliseum, its like a concentration camp. But we know it because we love our as so we deal with it. Exactly right and they played pretty well. You guys have been busy today. Its going to be a bad hair day for a lot of folks heading in. We have the blustery winds and the rain coming down. Its a busy commute. We are going to start off with live pictures of 680 where its extremely windy and the rain is coming down. Southbound 680 approaching treat. Youre going to see very heavy traffic this morning. And lots of accidents out there. We are getting reports of cars just kind of sliding off the road with solo spinouts being reported for both southbound 680 just beyond the picture in san ramon approaching crow canyon. We are getting reports of problems also for highway 24 approaching camino pablo in the orinda area so give yourself some extra time to get into work or school this morning. Its certainly going to be a windy commute. You will feel the winds especially as you head across the bridges this morning. You may even want to think about taking bart if you have to head out the door this morning. Right now, there are delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. The metering lights are on. And traffic is backed up from about the foot of the maze. We are getting reports from phone force members calling into kcbs saying the winds are very strong heading across the bay bridge this morning. Chp has issued a sig alert for the north bay. This is in guerneville 116 gravenstein highway shut down both ways at first street. You have a couple of things going on. You have a large downed tree and downed power line. So they are on scene right now working to clear it and they hope to have 116 reopened by 6 30 a. M. Thats a look at kcbs traffic. Heres roberta. Good morning, everybody. It is cranked up. It is ready to go. It is our live hidef Doppler Radar. We have been keeping our eye on the storm this morning as the frontal boundary has already sliced through the northern portion of the bay area with up to an inch of rain in some locations. Right now you can see by the shades of yellow and red, that is the initial front. Its now traversing into the eastern portion of the bay area. So youre beginning to see a little bit of a lull around the santa rosa area. Some of those burnedout areas middletown, um, also right around cloverdale and clearlake well keep a watchful eye for the potential of mud slides because you picked up a lot of rain in a short amount a. This is the front, concord, clayton and walnut creek, stretching around 680 as you commute into san ramon heading south towards the 580 680 corridor heading through pleasanton into the sunol grade. It is a mess this morning with pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall. Youre saying what rain if you are in the san jose area. Very light precipitation. But the winds have been ramping up. Peninsula, we have a little dry spot from sfo into the city by the bay, otherwise were picking up now a cell with some pretty moderate rainfall in throughout the highlands and also the san mateo bridge. Golden gate bridge slippery when wet. Gusty winds have been increasing up to 30 to 35 miles an hour. Temperatures are in the 50s and the 60s. And even though our winds are ramping up, were seeing gustier winds. San ramon gusts to up 25. 15mileperhour winds in throughout vallejo, benicia and martinez. 13 now in novato. We do have a high wind advisory in effect until 10 00 this morning in throughout the north bay mountains and this red area, we have a high surf warning in effect way upstream way to the north 30 feet as far as your swells are concerned. Locally, 15 to 18 feet. In a could cause some coastal flooding so we have a Coastal Flood Advisory in effect for mill valley and sausalito but this goes into Effect Tomorrow morning with high tide. Here it is. Its a classic cold front. This has nothing to do with el nino. Behind it a lot of unsettled air mass and thats why well pick up some rain showers in and out of your afternoon all the way into your friday. Heres your lunchtime. We see a little bit of a lull around the central bay but upstream we have more rain showers. Then again, hitandmiss scattered showers pretty heavy downpours by 8 00 towards the tail end of the evening commute and then overnight you will continue to hear the raindrops on the rooftops and by the time all this tapers off on friday afternoon, well see easily about an inch of rain throughout many locations here in the bay area. Over 1. 5 in santa rosa. Approaching 2. 5 in approaching 2. 5 in ukiah. Winter storm warning in effect in lake tahoe up to 2 feet of blowing powder throughout the passes, the warning in effect through friday and another storm on sunday. Locally today temperatures into the 60s until the cold air blows into the bay area. When that happens you have clashing of the temperatures, theres a potential of a thunderstorm at any point of the day today. So well keep our eye to the sky. It is now 5 51. Yet another breach of credit and debit card data and this time, a bunch of San Francisco locations are affected. Where that happened next. ,,,,,,,,,, biting bay area pets. Good morning. We wanted to get you out the door safely this morning. This is our hidef Doppler Radar. The front with the heaviest rain has pushed through the north bay. You can see it right there. It is now producing some light rain showers around the yountville area. Thats a front right now. Its push into walnut creek and san ramon the 580 680 corridor in dublin. Well track the storm together as the news continues. We have accidents reported on 680 in san ramon. These are pictures of 680 in Pleasant Hill where its windy rainy and traffic is delayed now heading towards the walnut creek interchange. Metering lights are on over at the bay bridge toll plaza. Its stacked up from 880. A new breed of mutant fleas are biting bay area pets. Vets say topical flea treatments you have been giving to your pets dont work. Experts say small genetic mutations are allowing these new fleas to survive the treatment. Its a nightmare for both pets and owners. You can imagine when were applying a flea product thats designed to kill a flea and those fleas have ran a mutation the genes that are resulting and are allowing those fleas to survive are going to win. She suggests pet owners try oral treatments instead of topical solutions. The elephant Bar Restaurant says customers credit and debit bad has been breached. It involved nearly 30 locations including eight restaurants in the bay area. The klain was alerted by its card the chain was alerted by its card processor alerted them to a breach. The potentially affected performs were between august 12 and december 4. German leader Angela Merkel is time magazines person of the year. The chancellor is the first woman to win since the magazine changed the title from man of the year. She was chosen for providing moral leadership in the world where theres a short supply. She beat out caitlyn jenner, the ceo of uber and donald trump. It is now 5 56. With Mass Shootings more common, one Bay Area School district is getting help to prepare for the nightmare scenario. Reporter its cold, wet and windy but well bring you into the storm the easiest way possible. Stay home and watch it on tv. Well show you when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,, host of problems throughout day. Get ready for a messy morning. Rain is moving in and its expected to cause a whole host of problems throughout the day. And people all over the bay area spent yesterday getting ready. Palo alto just one of the cities providing free sandbags to help prevent flooding. Good morning. Its a wet thursday, im frank mallicoat. Im maria medina in for michelle griego. We have live team coverage. Significant storm system moving through the area. Anne makovec will let us know what its like out in the elements but Roberta Gonzales is tracking the storm. You can tell that anne is experiencing some very gusty winds at this hour. Good morning, everyone. But we are going to start off with our eye on the storm with our live hidef Doppler Radar. The front containing rain and winds pushing out of the north way going east. Still, see those areas of yellow and orange . Thats some heavy downpours from the Fairfield Area through sacramento. And then now in the eastern portion of the bay area, thats where were seeing some heavy downpours from san leandro through hayward also right around the 580680 corridor. Leaving