Coming from the south going to the north. Two Different Directions. I have been firing up my live hidef Doppler Radar. What we have going on right now is absolutely nothing. But in advance of the rain that will be moving into the bay area, flash flood watches in effect for the emergency spillway for the oroville dam to make sure theres not an emergency situation developing we are keeping an eye on it. Tyler island Carquinez Strait and delta must have an eye on rising levee levels. This is our live weather camera towards sfo. No reports of any airport delays temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Its 52 in San Francisco. Here comes the rain all associated with that area of low pressure thats due west of the bay area. Well see increasing clouds. Temperatures are still mild in advance of the rain showers. 60s beaches. 60s peninsula. We even have a 70degree reading towards willow glen today. 66 walnut creek. 67 degrees in brentwood. So thats not bad. Yesterday we had 71 degrees in pleasanton. 60s across the northern portion of the bay area and in the far reaches in the low to mid60s. So mostly cloudy mild today rain is coming well tell you how much to expect but right now heres roqui. Thank you, roberta. It is 5 02. Lets start with the bay bridge toll plaza. Now, i had a very dark commute heading across the span here so caltrans does have an electrician on site there trying to turn the lights back on. Drive slowly, its dark there. From the carquinez bridge along the eastshore freeway to the maze 18 minutes. Through the toll plaza no delays. Moving to the Altamont Pass traffic, about 30 Miles Per Hour along the way there. It freeze up through livermore to the dublin interchange. To avoid it, ace train is not available today. Its been canceled due to weather and floodrelated conditions but then also San Francisco bay ferry that 6 a. M. Vallejo ferry to San Francisco will be serviced by buses. Bart is on time. Ill send it to you. All right, roqui. Thank you. All the recent storms are causing problems on the roads and it could only get worse with more rain in the forecast. High 37 is closed in novato. Crews are trying to intall bigger pipes and install bigger pipes and raise the road level to prevent more flooding. Theres a detour from 101 to atherton avenue. Horrible traffic very slow. The detour will be in place through tomorrow. Theres a lot of damage on the roads in oakland. Take a look at this video on 880. Its unclear when and if the potholes will be repaired. Track the storm using hidef doppler on cbssf. Com. As thousands of evacuees return home and the oroville dam water level is lowered, there is concern about more rain forecast for the butte county. Yesterday, state official told nearly 200,000 evacuees they could return home for now. But be prepared to leave again in case the dam spillways dont hold. I think the Public Officials have to play it safe and i understand that. [ no audio ] state experts hope the repairs will hope and hope the level will fall 50 feet before the rain this week. They have to be vigilant and pay attention. Rain could begin this morning and could last for days. Some speculate the Trump Administration might hold off on federal Disaster Assistance because of opposition in california but funding has been approved. The counties affected by the dam crisis butte, sutter and yuba supported President Trump in the election in 2016. Kpix 5s anne makovec is live at the bay bridge toll plaza on why transit agencies are pushing hard for a toll hike. Anne . Reporter yeah. What it means for drivers is that this proposal could raise the cost of crossing the bay areas seven stateon the other hand bridges by one to three dollars. We could stateowned bridges by one to three dollars. We could see it this fall. A third of the money raised would go to new railcars. We just voted on new funds for bart, measure rr on the ballot last november. That means bart is getting 3. 5 billion in new property taxes. But thats designate for maintenance of what bart already has basically the nuts and bolts. With this new measure, bart wants to modernize its train control and power system and buy 300 more cars. That toll hike would be called regional measure 3 and it could be on the ballot in all nine bay area counties in 2018. Live at the bay bridge toll plaza, anne makovec, kpix 5. Right now, a manhunt is under way for the suspect who is led police on a wild chase. Suspects who led police on a wild chase in berkeley after they got a call about an attempted robbery. The suspects sped off when cops got there. The suspects ditched the car near grove and forest streets. Police searched the neighborhood but couldnt find them. No suspect description. Right now in concord, police are looking for a man who stepped out of a care home last night. They say 37yearold Dante Marshall was last seen wearing a blue sweatshirt and gray sweatpants. They are asking anyone with information to call 911. In politics, all eyes on the white house today as President Donald Trump meets with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. Here in the bay area, local protest is planned in downtown san jose to call out the politicians for alleged racism and hostility toward refugees. This comes as President Trumps administration faces renewed questions about russia. A damning report published in the New York Times tuesday claims that advisers to trump were in constant communication during the campaign with russians known to u. S. Intelligence. The Development Comes just a day after the president S National Security adviser Michael Flynn was forced to resign over conversations with a Russian Ambassador about sanctions. It has now emerged that President Trump was told more than two weeks ago that the Justice Department had concerns about flynns conduct. The office of government ethics is not letting Kellyanne Conway off the hook. It is calling for conway to face disciplinary action over a tv interview with fox news. In it she suggested viewers buy ivanka trumps clothing. The Ethics Office says there is strong reason to believe that conway violated ethics standards. So far, there has been no response from the white house. Conway has been counseled. California congressman ted lou is responding to the investigation this morning. This after he sent a letter last week to the office of government ethics demanding action. In a statement he wrote, quote, the Trump Administration needs to understand that federal regulations and normal ethical behavior demand that the white house shall not be used for enriching or benefiting the president s family. 5 08. Next a new record low. The impact the Trump Administration is having on californias uninsured rate. Plus, runway renovations. The work set to get under way one of the bay areas busiest airports and the impact it could have on flights. Weather will not impact your morning commute today. But certainly we have a brand new storm that will make a huge impact on your thursday commute. And the lights are off across the span of the bay bridge. Its a dark commute this morning. But when will they turn back on . Well have an update when we come back. The uninsured rate is at an all time low in california. A new report from the centers good morning. Your time check 5 11 on this february 15. Our live weather camera is looking out toward the bay bridge mostly cloudy skies. No rain in the forecast for the morning commute but we are tracking the rain. It is heading this way. Not one storm, not 2, not 3. But a series of systems. We have your weather and traffic together in less than four minutes. The uninsured rate is at an alltime low in california. A new report from the centers for Disease Control shows its at 7. 1 . Thats almost 10 less than it was in 2013 which is before the Affordable Care act. Officials at the cdc say that the healthcare law helped create covered california, which ultimately help bring down the rate. President trump is threatening to get rid of the Affordable Care act. A bay area congressman is making a push to save it, though. Representative Eric Swalwell is holding a roundtable discussion this weekend featuring Health Workers who oppose the repeal. They plan to stress how much the Affordable Care act has benefited communities in the east bay. The meeting takes place at san leandros [ nonenglish name ] Health Center at 10 a. M. This saturday. A San Francisco supervisor plans to revive an Affordable Housing bill that was put on hold last year. Katie tang says it would grant bonuses to developers who include more Affordable Housing units in multiuse projects built on major transit corridors and it would also encourage developers to build larger familyfriendly units. Major renovation is in store for the second longest runway at sfo. Airport Officials Say the improvements include adding fresh pavement to the runway, plus replacing its lights with energyefficient l. E. D. Fixtures. They say the work will require multiple runway closures so its largely set to happen at night and in the earlymorning hours starting next month. Crews will soon Start Building two new playgrounds in San Francisco. Officials broke ground on the Helen Diller Civic Center playground yesterday to replace an old structure. It will be completed this year, 10 million. Lets check the roads with roqui and see how its doing out there. You are one of the few of house drove over the bay bridge this morning in the dark. The lights are out. And when will they turn back on . Caltrans has an electrician working on it. Its dark. But the toll plaza looking good if you are heading out now from the carquinez bridge along the eastshore freeway to the maze that will take you about 20 minutes or so. And then no delay through the toll plaza. Metering lights will turn on about 5 30. Peninsula commute looking good across the span between hayward and foster city of the san mateo bridge. Looking good eastbound 92, as well. Into the south bay, we have earlymorning slowdowns already starting here. Highway 17 still down to only one lane in each direction in Scotts Valley between vine hill and sugarloaf roads. This is due to a massive mudslide from last week and its causing some slowdowns here. At 7 Miles Per Hour and a two mile backup. This area here is an alternate. [ nonenglish name ] road and vine hill take that alternate. That would be a good idea. Moving to highway 9, it is still closed between Redwood Gulch road and 35 west of saratoga. Lets talk about mass transit. Ace train still canceled today due to weather and flood related issues and San Francisco bay ferries 6 a. M. Vallejo ferry to San Francisco is serviced by buses and bart and muni are on time. Live hidef Doppler Radar not picking up rain yet at 5 15 a. M. Hi, everybody on this 15th day of the month, lets get to it. Again, doppler no rain within the vicinity. We have some across the northwestern part of california. Flash flood watch in effect in advance of the rain for the auxilliary spillway of the oroville dam. No immediate concerns just a watchful eye and around tyler island Carquinez Strait and the delta also watching those levees on the rise the impending storm. He rain now in redding and eureka heading towards ukiah. Right now the temperatures in the 40s and 50s. We are three degrees warmer in los altos than 24 hours ago. Stevesteve had 72 yesterday. 70 in san jose. Cloudy in the bay area from the first area of low pressure that well be tracking from the north to the south. Well have some rain showers beginning in the Sonoma County area overnight and then towards 4 a. M. , already north bay, spreading into the central bay, making tracks south. As it does, it moves out quickly with ponding on the roads. Some scattered afternoon showers. Then watch what happens early friday morning. The precipitation lifts from the south to the north. So two Different Directions two different areas low pressure. Well see heavier rain and gusty winds from fridays system but meanwhile between now and friday night, just about 2 inches of rain everywhere. 2. 5 to the north in the ukiah area. What does this mean . For the your bar core of the bay area street flooding and slow commute. Floodprone areas renewed flood threat and in the mountains increased mudslide risk. Landslides a possibility, as well. Central valley today as well dry in the 60s and 70s. We have springlike skiing in the greater lake tahoe area and we do have more snow on the fly. Its acomin. Not so much today. And then thursday it will start off as rain until it goes to snow. Heres your extended forecast. Rain and showers thursday. Rain and blustery conditions on friday. A bit of a break saturday with just a lingering shower. Then here comes your sunday. By sunday night, well see the bulk of the sunday drive, although cloudy, rain through the holiday on monday and more rain on tuesday. And that is a look at your forecast. Roberta, thank you. Time to see what is trending today. Theres a new craze with millennials called love insurance. Its basically a promise to get married in a certain amount of time. The couple pays a company a onetime fee and picks a time frame to get married and if they get married within the deadline, they get a payout. Many couples say the insurance gives them a sense of security in their relationship. Sounds like an ultimatum. Chance the rapper is going on tour. He tweeted the news yesterday and it quickly went viral. [ music ] the announcement comes days after he took home several grammys including best new artist. The tour kicks off in san diego in april. His second stop is in oakland on april 26. Steph curry seemed to be very popular on instagram. No surprise there. Social media site released a list of the most popular nba posts an curry is in three of the top five. Coming in at number 5 is the double selfie picture with his wife more than 700,000 likes. Number 4, is the brotherly love picture. It got nearly 750,000 likes. And the most popular nba post, a family photo. Look how beautiful they are. His christmas picture got more than a million likes. And lebron james was the second most popular nba player on instagram. He was in the other 2 of the top 5 posts. Im dennis odonnell. Coming up, which dog was best in show at westminster last night . And its time to play ball for the giants. But is this team far different from last years . Reaction from the man at the top coming up. And whats coolschools kpix. Com and whats cool about your school . Email your nomination to us at coolschools kpix. Com and we may feature your school on the show. ,,,,,,,,,, good morning. Roqui theus in the traffic center. Its 5 23. In Scotts Valley with the mudslide last week causing major delays here out this way. Youre moving at just 8 Miles Per Hour to about a mile backup here. Highway 17 still only down to one lane in each direction between vine hill and sugarloaf. So if you are heading out give yourself some extra time. Branciforte to vine hill is a good alternate. Moving now to mass transit, ace train canceled today due to weather and floodrelated issues. San Francisco Bay ferry that 6 a. M. Ferry from vallejo to San Francisco will be serviced by bus. Bart is on time. Heres sport. Good morning, everybody. The giants had to endure five months of reliving a 9th inning collapse against the cubs in which they blew a threerun lead in game 4 of the division series. Well, its finally time to officially turn the page. The giants pitchers and catchers held their first workout yesterday in scottsdale. And the teams ceo larry baer told me with the exception of the new closer the 2017 giants look like the 2016 version. The big sort of free agent acquisition off season was two off seasons go where we had cueto and samardzija and span. Not a lot in the free agent market this year except bullpen. Everybody else is back. You look around the infield and outfield and the staff is what got us to the playoffs last year and got us close against the cubs. Last night in new york, rumor the German Shepherd won best in show at the 141st westminster dog show. Rumor became the first German Shepherd since the Reagan Administration to win it he may have got the top dog award but mia the beagle got the most entertaining dog. During last nights obstacle course, mia may have put it up an awful time but it didnt seem like she cared enjoying every minute of her course. This mornings show has gone to the dogs. See you tonight. Play of the day from the nba, cleveland at minnesota. Lebron james comes down with the basketball. The bounce pass. The Cleveland Cavs lebron james the fastest teammate to williams. They beat the timberwolves 116 116108. It could soon cost up to 9 to cross the bay by car. Coming up well tell you about the new proposal and who is going to make the decision. Time is running out. What crews are doing to highway 37 before the next storm rolls in. How much more bart wants drivers to pay when crossing the bay bridges. Now on kpix 5 news, proposed toll hikes. How much more bart wants drivers to pay when crossing the bay areas seven state owned bridges. Plus, returning home in oroville. The mandatory Evacuation Order for nearly 200,000 People Living near a damaged dam is lifted. The work now under way to make the repairs. And here we go one more day of sunshine with increasing clouds and then were tracking rain moving this way. All right. And we have metering lights on, but bay bridge lights off. The electrician is out there trying to get the lights back on for you. But how long will that take . Well let you know. Good morning, everyone. It is wednesday, february 15. Im michelle griego. Im kenny choi. Lets start with a live look outside this morning. We are tracking the morning rush on the roads but that commute could soon turn into a wet one. Roberta is tracking when we could see another rounds of rain. It will be certainly by tomorrow mornings commute. Its going to be very wet. Very fastmoving system. Well leave a lot of rain on the roads quickly so we anticipate some ponding. Right now our live hidef Doppler Radar not picking up rain but we already have flash flood watches in effect. Take a look at that right there. Its for the auxilliary spillway of oroville dam. Now, theres no emergency situation as of right now. Its something that bears watching. And for the Carquinez Strait and delta watching the rising levee waters. Meanwhile mostly cloudy skies as we take a birdseye view out towards the bay bridge. Temperatures are 3 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago, in the 40s and 50s, calm winds. We already have rain in the northwestern quadrant of the state of california. Our clouds will thicken. Numbers still in the 60s at the beaches. 60s and 70s around the peninsula. Yesterday, it was 70 in san jose. Today 68 to 70 depending on the rose garden district, willow glen, cupertino, campbell, 60s pretty common in throughout the east bay. Yesterday it was 71 degrees in pleasanton today coming down to 67. 70 in napa yesterday, today 67. You will see the rain first beginning with late tonight in the far reaches of the north bay. Well track that storm and tell you how much rain to expect. Roqui . Its 531. This morning we came in and it was dark. But as we look at the toll plaza, its all lit up and those metering lights are on. But across there the bay bridge lights are off due to electrical problems. Caltrans is checking it. Right now no estimated time of those lights coming on. On 80 westbound from the carquinez bridge will take about 20 minutes. Then expect about a 15minute drive across the toll plaza into downtown San Francisco. Moving over to a lot of red arrows at the Altamont Pass moving at 30 Miles Per Hour along the way here so north tracy boulevard to the Altamont Pass will take about 40 minutes. Ace train is canceled because of weather issues. San Francisco Bay ferry the 6 a. M. From vallejo to San Francisco is serviced by buses. Bart is on time. We have earlymorning problems on highway 9 closed between Redwood Gulch road and 35. Slowdowns on 17, as well. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are lifted for now in areas that were threatened by the damaged oroville dam spillway. Short term repairs have been successful. Nearly 200,000 evacuees should be prepared to leave at any time authorities say. More rain is expected over the next several days. We may issue another Evacuation Order if the circumstances change and risk increases. For now, evacuees are glad to be home. Absolutely. You know, just being gone and we were at our friends house cramped in one house, 20 people. So it felt like forever. More rain could start this morning. Officials want the lake levels to drop to 850 feet. Thats about 50 feet below the dam. They expect it to happen this weekend but they say it could be longer if the area gets more rain. President trump declared a state of emergency to bring in federal funding and resources. The money will go towards repairs and the victims. Time is running out in the north bay. Crews are rushing to finish emergency flood repairs on highway 37 before the next round of storms moves in. Kpix 5s maria medina is live in novato with details on the repairs. Reporter good morning, kenny. I am standing on the shoulder of highway 37. This is one of the lowest lying highways in the state. In fact, take a look at how close the water is to the shoulder where im standing. Now, this highway is prone to flooding during heavy rain and king tides so crews are doing what they can to make sure that that does not happen as often. So whats closed . We are talking a threemile stretch along the fourlane highway between 101 and and atherton avenue. Its closed during the recent storms but while crews are working on the roads, that means traffic is detoured through novato neighborhoods. Residents say its been a nightmare. If you tried to back out your car during the daytime here especially in the morning these cars are flying down here all day long. There have been some close calls. We were already halfway across the street. I didnt know if she was going to stop. All right. So what are crews going to be doing . They will be regrading the pavement replacing the drainage system with larger drain pipes and installing a concrete barrier on the shoulder going eastbound. They say while it wont stop all future flooding, they hope it will minimize it especially when the next storm comes. Maria medina, kpix 5. Caltrans is gathering early to fix the mudslide mess on 17. The storm damage has left drivers with only one lane in each direction. Today crews plan to take down trees at the top of the hill they say remains unstable. They also hope to build an 8 foot catchment berm to prevent debris from falling on the road. Crews say they will start repairs at 7 a. M. To get as much work done as they can ahead of the expected storm tomorrow. San mateo county supervisors have declared a new local emergency for storm related damage. Since the beginning of the year more than 30 locations in the county have had significant rain and wind damage. It makes the county eligible for state assistance. The estimate of repairs costs is more than 6 million. A courtappointed lawyer is reportedly taking over the internal Affairs Investigation into a sex scandal at the Oakland Police department. The case centers on claims by a former prostitute that she had inappropriate sex with Police Officers when she was under age. The internal Affairs Investigation is to be overseen by a lawyer, oakland mayor libby schaaf hired it last year but a u. S. District judge appointed his own investigator to look into possible leaks connected to the case. New details on the ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland. The mercury news reporting theres more proof that police were aware of problems with the building before the fire. The report states that an Oakland Police officer was called to the warehouse back in 2015. He reportedly broke up a Massive Party but decided not cite the promoter for code violations. The paper claims this new information gives insight to the warehouses unsafe conditions nearly a year before the fire. 36 people died when the fire erupted in december. Later today we should learn more about how certain immigrant employees can become u. S. Citizens. The mayor of san jose is hosting a press conference at the San Jose International airport. He is going to discuss how airport employees can get citizenship. It starts at 9 a. M. Crossing bay area bridges might get more expensive. Kpix 5s anne makovec is live at the bay bridge toll plaza on why transit agencies want tolls to go up. Anne . Reporter we are talking about raising the tolls between one and three dollars on each of the bay areas seven state owned bridges. Thats all the bridges except the golden gate. This proposal could be on the ballot as soon as [ inaudible ] [ no microphone ] reporter among other projects. You might remember we just voted on new funds for barts measure rr, that was on the ballot in november. And so bart did win that campaign so it has 3. 5 billion coming to it through new property taxes. But it says it needs more. All that money was to go to mainly nuts and bolts projects and it wants these new railcars and modernize train control systems. So this is something that we could see on the ballot again in 2018. It could be for all nine bay area counties. Back to you. We did have a bit of a technical difficulty, anne, but we got reporter sorry about that. No, its not your fault. We want to know, what is it going to take to get this measure on the ballot . Reporter first the ballot measure would need to be approved by the state legislature and there is no bill yet to do so. But it could move quickly once that is introduced. And it could come from a state senator in Santa Clara Jim Beall although his office isnt confirm it. Thank you. The state senate is giving pay increases to 71 employees to reduce the pay gap between men and women. The 10 raises will cost about 602,000 a year. A state Senate Analysis found women made about 96 cents for every dollar paid to men in 2016. The raise reduces the gap by a penny. Several streets and highways across the state could be getting muchneeded repairs. The Senate Transportation Committee Approved a bill to kickstart billions of dollars in funding. The measure would raise more than 5 billion by increasing car registration fees. The Senate Environmental Quality Committee will review the bill next. Stocks of several big banks are on the rise as the Trump Administration takes steps to ease certain regulations for the industry. Ill wagner of cbsmoneywatch. Com reports. Reporter good morning. Retail sales rose by about. 4 in january. So thats a bit better than expected. Still not great. The market opened at record highs again. The dow was up 92 yesterday. Nasdaq up 18. Futures are now pointing to a slightly lower open. People ask what would Warren Buffett do . Buy apple. New filings show buffetts berkshirehathaway nearly quadrupled its investments in apple in the last three months of last year and it was a good bet those 57 million shares made him hundreds of millions of dollars. Banking stocks are soaring. Goldman sachs, Jpmorgan Chase and bank of america are way up as the Trump Administration rolls back banking regulations like doddfrank. Goldman sachs up nearly 40 sense since the election. The newest American Girl doll is actually a boy. The toymaker yesterday unveiled the first boy in its 31year history. He is a groovy guy. He plays the drums, based in nashville and his name is logan. Mattel the owner of American Girl says that customers have been asking for a boy doll. Kenny . Thank you, jill wagner of cbsmoneywatch. Com. No movie references today because i cant think of one. [ laughter ] relating to that boy doll. You know what . Anytime you have a movie reference, we love it. Well try to bring that back on friday. 5 42. A massive tree comes crashing down into part of a garage. A look at the total damage done to the california property. And two tornadoes touch down in texas. The cleanup now under way as many work to return to normal. Thats still ahead. ,,,,, did you know 90 of couples disagree on mattress firmness . Fortunately theres a bed where you both get what you want every night. Enter sleep number and the ultimate sleep number event, going on now. Sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. She likes the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. So your sleep goes from good to great to wow only at a sleep number store. And right now save 50 on the ultimate limited edition bed. Go to sleepnumber. Com for a store near you. Even though the obamas are officially out of the white house their garden is staying behind. Time check 5 44 on this wednesday, february 15. Mostly cloudy skies. Well be on storm watch this time n24 hours you will be using your umbrella and windshield wipers. Well tell you more coming up. Even though the obamas are out of the white house, their garden is staying behind. Former First Lady Michelle Obama planted the vegetable garden and now new First Lady Melania Trump will continue the tradition. The 1500squarefoot plot to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to washington, dc food banks. Tours of the white house are yours to take starting next month. First Lady Melania Trump has announced that the White House Visitors Office will welcome the public once again beginning march 7. Previous administrations of both parties have opened the white house doors earlier. The clintons, bushes and obamas all had open houses the day after the inauguration ceremony. Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton has announced a book tour. Her book is called its your world, get informed, get inspired and get going. The paperback tour will begin in new york april 4. And it includes stops in menlo park and San Francisco. The book aimed at a 10 to 14 yearold age range was released in september 2015. 5 46. Lets check weather and traffic. Lets go ahead to the marin county commute here. Highway 37 closed between atherton avenue and 101 due to major flooding in the area. Chp is diverting off at atherton avenue but thats a direct route to 101. A lot of green in the area. So you will be all right heading out in marin county. Heres a live look at the golden gate bridge. Traffic smooth in both directions here so thats good. Now, a different story. Heres the bay bridge toll plaza. You have metering lights but no lights across the span of the bridge. Now, chp caltrans does have an electrician on scene to try to get these lights back on for you. Otherwise, you are looking dark [ laughter ] as you head across the span of the bay bridge into downtown San Francisco so drive slowly because visibility is low. Lets move to the south bay now. Scotts valley to be exact. Highway 17 is still only down to one lane in each direction and as you can see thats causing major delays in the area all due to the massive mudslide from last week so be sure if you are heading out this way you give yourself plenty of time. Traffic is backed up to mount herman road. Branciforte to vine hill will get you past some of the red arrows, okay . Now, moving to mass transit, all trains for ace are canceled today due to weather and flood related issues and on the San Francisco bay ferry the 6 a. M. To San Francisco is serviced by bus. You know, roqui, driving over the bay bridge now what its like . Its spooky it is. Its eerie. Then people are driving super fast. And i think its because they think they cant be seen by the cops. [ laughter ] you know . Dont do it just dont do it. Its not safe. Hi, everybody. This morning, this is our live hidef Doppler Radar, picking up a little bit of light precipitation off the coast here but thats nothing. We have the bulk of the energy coming in tomorrow but in advance of that area of low pressure, the yellow lighted areas are where we do have flash flood watches in effect. The red ones here are warnings for a couple of the different levees that were watching primarily the tyler island area where the Carquinez Strait and the delta, the levels continue to rise on the levees. Were also watching the auxilliary spillway of oroville dam. No emergency situation there right now. But again, its a situation that bears watching. Mostly cloudy skies looking out toward the bay bridge this morning where temperatures are in the 40s and 50s about three degrees warmer at this hour than 24 hours ago. Thats all due to a southerly breeze. Up to about 10 Miles Per Hour. So brace yourselves we have more rain coming. Not today. Most of the energy right now well to the north of the bay area. Our satelliteradar suggests that this area of low pressure the core is still way out there but the front will increase the cloud cover throughout the day becoming mostly cloudy and mild due to the south winds. Heres about 5 00, 6 a. M. Tomorrow, the front slices through the bay area from the north to the south, bringing a lot of rain in a short amount of time. Your afternoon will just have a scattered shower. And then friday watch this. This system works its way from the south and lifts north so well get hit by two different storms in two Different Directions. By friday night easily up to a couple of inches of rain in the area over 2 inches in santa rosa. And by the time next tuesday or wednesday come around, five to eight inches in the mountains. Heres what you need to know. Your bar core of the bay area street flooding and slow commute tomorrow morning and friday. Floodprone areas renewed flood threats and there will be increased mudslide risks in the local mountains. The ground is saturated and for the first time i have never said this before, we just do not need the rain. And we are going to have several days of it coming. Today 60s and 70s throughout the central valley. 64 degrees in monterey bay. Its springtime skiing in the greater lake tahoe area where it changes from sunshine to rain on thursday. Then we have some snow by the weekend. 6 59 is your official sunrise. Might see a little hint of it. Otherwise a veil of clouds becoming mostly cloudy today into the 60s. Down from 70 in san jose to 67 degrees. We were at 70 yesterday in the trivalley today 66. We were at 70 in napa, today 64. Rain tomorrow, scattered showers, more rain gusty winds on friday, a bit of a break on saturday, a lingering shower possible, rain sunday night through the holiday on monday into tuesday. That is your weather report. While were dealing with rain and flooding, other parts of the country are cleaning up from tornadoes. The National Weather service says that at least two twisters touched down in southeast texas. The storm system swept through the houston area yesterday. Authorities say several homes and buildings were destroyed. At least 8 people were injured. In southern california, a large tree crushed a car and part of a garage. The 125foot pine tree which is more than 100 years old fell yesterday afternoon in pasadena. No injuries. Time now 5 51. Next in healthwatch, a look at how Virtual Reality is helping some children with autism. Plus, facebook started on Desktop Computers and made its way into smartphones and now it wants to own your television, too. ,,,, were told to live large, but with Princess Cruises your most extraordinary moments happen when you feel small. When youre completely outnumbered, overshadowed, and outshined. So what if you dared to explore this great big beautiful pond. What if you dared to feel small. Celebrate our princess anniversary sale with Award Winning itineraries. 7 day fares from 799. Visit your travel agent or princess. Com. Princess cruises. Come back new. Kind of like this look. Im calling it the name your price tool phase. Whatever. Hump day, february 15. Take a look at the screen. This is futurecast. Plan your day accordingly. Rain in the next few days. Heres roqui. Okay. Youre looking at a litup toll plaza along the bay bridge, right . Well, once you get past it, the lights on the bay bridge are off across the span of the bay bridge. We have an electrician working on it. They are partially back on. Visibility is low into downtown San Francisco. Drive slowly and carefully and if you are heading into Scotts Valley highway 17 still only down to one lane in each direction. Give yourself some extra time. To our healthwatch now. Virtual Reality Technology is now being used to help autistic students overcome social hurdles. Dallas center for brain health sierras Virtual Reality can help children make strides understanding emotions and intentions. Researchers say their vr Training Program changes what people look and sound like to simulate various relationships. But staff running the training also give participants instant feedback on how to react in situations. Its very important that they understand and that they learn the skills, how to stand up for yourself, how to recognize if somebody is being a good friend or not. The center for brain health is now working to help students across the u. S. Go through this Virtual Reality training remotely. Facebook now plans to launch apps for apple tv, amazon fire tv and Samsung Smart tv. The cupertinobased company says that the video apps are expected to roll out soon with more platforms later. They could get tv advertising money. New this morning, starbucks is shaking things up by testing coffee and ice cream drinks at 100 stores in orange county, california, costing 5 to 6. It will include ultra thick malt shakes, floats and hot coffee poured over ice cream. [ music ] how much would you pay to cross the bay . Coming up, the decision that voters are going to be making and where that money would go. Reporter a bay area highway shut down. Why crews are making emergency repairs to highway 37 before the next storm rolls in. ,,,,,,,,,,, and im kenny choi. Some encouraging signs at the damaged oroville dam this good morning. Its wednesday, february 15. Im michelle griego. Im kenny choi. Some encouraging signs that the damaged oroville dam this morning, the water level is falling after peaking at 902 feet on saturday. Engineers are hoping that the level drops about 50 feet lower than that before the rain hits tomorrow. The estimated cost of the repairs is up to 200 million. Crews are making progress with those repairs six days after engineers discovered a growing hole in the dams main concrete spillway. They are using helicopters and heavy equipment to drop hundreds of tons of material to fill the gap
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