the rain is back in the forecast this week. all like to know if it will affect your christmas coming up in just a bit. >> it allows of falling in this year which means traveling out to tahoe can be treacherous. rob shows you the conditions of why drivers need to pack their snow chains. >> here this year the snow keeps on coming. another four to 8 in. falling here wednesday morning, this is 5,000 ft. at blue canyon along interstate 80. more accumulation at the higher elevations. many of the resorts are run the tahoe basin say they have a base of 100 plus inches. at sugar bowl near donner summit they say the days is 113 in.. they have had 60 plus inches of snow since last thursday. more seems to be coming every night. everybody ought at tahoe from the risky resort folks to hotel owners and restaurants are all very happy about this. they say this is the great new year's holiday this is about 25 percent of their business. one thing when folks had it up here for the holidays need to keep in mind is to pack this change. there were jane restrictions and controls of for about a 20 mi. stretch of interstate 80 wednesday morning. from just east of donner summit to west of the canyon. it those restrictions were lifted about 930 but people are advised to need to carry the change. if your fall for will driver you will be turned away at the checkpoint. along interstate you rob kron 4 news. >> before you head to this year rob our internet reporter can be explains how you can shut real-time conditions live on line. kimberly. >> this is no call the but the side, the road is clear, no snow on the trees there. the third piece of video highway 80 the tricky skills i can carry the roads are cleared the look of those dark skies in the background. a lot of class piling up. we did speak with a chp officer earlier he said the roads will be clear for coming up to be sure to bring change because the conditions can change at any time. it would www.kron4.com look for news links section if you like to check out these cameras for yourself. >> travel conditions at sfo. better evidence in the last few days right dan? >> absolutely better in the last half-hour. because of the low clouds it was slowing down arrivals here. the lead to down the slowdown program about 4:30 p.m.. that means of catching up landing more planes each hour as we progress in to the evening. there's still some residual delays of 30 this 60 minute spot right now the real big problem has to do with british airways and others that fly to and from london. at sfo wednesday lines were extraordinarily long. the wrap packages substituted for carry-on bags in some cases. domestic flights for the most part riser on time or delayed no more than an hour. for passengers it was quite another story. >> my flight for british airways to london was canceled because of snow fall. >> it continues to be difficult to the storms overseas. it resulted in many of these people been in san francisco where more specifically at the airport for several days. >> i've been waiting three days. >> we were supposed to go on sunday and then there is scheduled for tuesday so it came back yesterday that the flight was canceled again we were on standby for today and the flights which again and so we hopefully will leave tomorrow. >> was a british airways was finally one of its two daily flights. that is for some but not everyone. >> i was watching it on the news all day yesterday worry that if i would get canceled. there is to find a san francisco and mine was the one that was not cancelled for today so i'm really lucky. >> for those waiting for a standby seat time is running out of these to get home in time for the holidays. >> or going so our daughter could see your grandparents. that's why we're trying get there for christmas all still a chance. but to i don't know. boise hopefully. >> these folks hopefully will have to " the weather will improve in london as improving here. pam. >> what's the parking situation like? >> earlier they told us the long-term parking lot was awful but now few people of laughed so now they're still parking available in the long-term parking lot. what we can tell you is a little early as today, there's a big backlog of cars pulling into the domestic terminal either to drop off or pick up here and if you're doing that you want to allow a little bit of extra time. >> thank you dan. it's not just the roadways that are getting swathed in southern california by all of the heavy rain. the runways are too. look at this airport in corona. it's been shut down. there towing planes. you could see the place buried and floodwater the airport managers and workers spent the day: those planes out of this murky mass in krona. an estimated two air across stay at the airport. speed traps the storm on our allies cite just go to www.kron4.com for real time radar and for up-to-the- minute weather information. off will be back with much more news ahead for the a lawsuit has been filed against the city of oakland it aims to set bound hotels that cater to prostitution. the city attorney made the announcement wednesday backed by alameda county district attorney nancy a valid. the three hotels in to the lawsuit are the economy and, the national lodge and the sage will tell. a former opd vice officer explains how many victims of oakland illegal sex trade our children. >> to put a number of the problem here is difficult. although we are having really great successes and we are rescuing girls weekly, we still believe from scratching the surface of this issue because, the creditors for trafficking these children and have them as modern-day are hiding the children. as we drive along the track, you have to really watch for behavior's of the girls. many of the creditors are not allowing the growth to dress in traditional attire that's associated with prostitution. a lot of the times you will see them there were in jeans, t- shirts and sometimes even carrying backpacks so that to the untrained eye they look like kids were coming to and from school and when it the bus stop for boss. >> oakland city officials say they will also use a california law that allows cities to sue to close such hotels. it will also seek civil penalties of $25,000 in each case. stricter standards on drinking water could be coming soon. according to the environmental protection agency, it follows a study that shows millions of people of more than 30 cities are drinking toxic will tap water. san jose as were the top five cities where the water is highly contaminated by chromium 6. now the epa said it will focus on developing and enforcing new drinking water standards to greatly reduce the amount of chromium sex. i live check of traffic and by look at this. this is the bay bridge inclined from oakland into san francisco. it is packed. but all those taillights crawling it ought to get on the bridge and try to get in san francisco. it probably did do less than a christmas shopping. if will be 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mostly sunny skies. it will be the first time see this on widespread in a long time. it's got a lot of rain over the past few days treated for catching a break right now looking at storm tracker 4 radar. just a few light showers on the edges of the bay area. most of the heavy rain is still down in southern california. him as a lot of yellow on your screen near los angeles. indicating very moderate to heavy rainfall. the plan on driving down there take your time, give yourself extra time and i would be surprised if lights were still delayed down there if to is that conditions. arctic storm sitting off shore. uc well-defined storm is going to stall as it approaches the coast line. the rain will way to christmas to move in. look here on future cast rain tracker. 3:00 in the morning on christmas notices band of heavy rain just inching very slowly toward the coast. the 11:00 in the morning shower starts for the bay area. the heavy rain starts to line up right up and down the california coastline. pushing into the bay by the afternoon. ballistics rest to the weekend. by the early morning hours it will start to showers again. the look of rainfall totals of this. they're going to be there and quite a bit depending on who seized the pockets of rain. anywhere from half an inch to an inch an essential the span a little less than that the south bay. up to an inch and a quarter in the north bay up to 2 in. in the santa cruz mountains. a lecture kron 4 here is a look at your 7 day around the bay around the bay forecast. the next couple days will stay dry. as we head into christmas ran back in the forecast was gusty winds. we'll see pockets of heavy rain throughout the day saturday with lingering showers and early sunday >> ski resorts and talk or reading the rewards from the house late this winter storm carried thirsting still fall titles which are among the top in the world now. kristin, is when talking to the folks at the resort. how does this year compared pair to last year. >> stare at tahoe said they've already seen more than double over half what they normally see for their average full year there are a at that to and they're already over half half of that right now. from a month into this. see info dock, which is the website dedicated to snowfall of state said that alpine meadows is the third largest no doubt right now the world. but show you some pictures from the website. here you see near the base of alpine. they're reporting 75 in. on the ground right now. over the past two days it got rid of 5 in. of snow and they aren't alone. ski report dhaka's said squaw valley which looking at some web camera right now and several other results, are among the top 10 for the largest no death rate now. in this video from squaw valley you can see people there on the slopes in choice on this know it is still little flat out. they've seen a hundred inches of more of snow fall so far this season than they have in the past year started you're asking about total numbers. let's roll another piece of video here. zero at tahoe kids measurements for the snow depth. at the top amount right now it's 114 in.. in 2009 at the same day it was 55 in. and in 2008 it was 56 in.. really more than double record numbers that are seeing now. >> all this weather helps us with our water reserves of the state and the bay area do have any idea about the runoff now what this will mean for is? >> i spoke to someone at the national weather service about that and what they're doing is measuring the water levels in the snowpack. they said that as well as you imagine is more than double what they're saying. one to keep close eye on it in case there's a war patch that comes through because that is that melts quickly we could see some flooding. while this is good news they definitely want to keep an eye on that snowpack. >> thank you christine of course there is another side to the spirit of the damage done by the storm system is still being felt. maureen kelly went where the cleanup continued. >> 0 red hill avenue you can see pg&e crews working to restore power. they made repairs to the power pole damage when for trees fell here sunday afternoon during the storm carried a to see them doing now is restrain the line. the same trees fell on the roof of this building. here you can see how are they upset of the roof is damaged and here in this city you can see what looks like inside. the tree limbs punctured the plaster. pg&e is now getting these repairs because it took two days for the working seeing being done in this video to be completed. the trees that foul at about three more trees that were threatening to fall needed to be cleared away because the hillside their growing bond, is eroding. the operator this dry cleaning business is hoping to sign will be lit up and power restored by this afternoon so we can reopen after being closed for nearly three days. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> several beaches in san mateo have been closed because of the high bacterial levels. lakeshore and aquatic park are close in san mateo. a landmark in pacifica and rockaway beach was closed and reopened yesterday. jeff bush went to a landmark beach where people were ignoring the beach closures morning. >> when scandal and a bar beach to surf just a kid as several times a week, but the signs bus along the beach made him reconsider his recreation for the day. >> conditions are good that i've heard some sewage had dumped in here so it's all worth it. z the problem started sunday when the heavy weekend rains over want to sewage treatment plant in pacific islands and the tail. the overflow damp waste into the water. since then the actor levels of an unsafe for human contact. still people were starving parents for letting their kids watch the waves. there is a risk >>. he missed which has human pathogens there's a possibility people may ascertain diseases like hepatitis and it is the bacterial infection. that's our concern why would close the beaches when there's a switch release. >> clothes did not see furs coming to gear up for the waves. the cat is testing water samples on a daily basis about continue to do so until the all clear to combat a lot. in pacific that jeff bush kron 4 news. >> bring in the new year with kron 4 we'll bring you one of the biggest and best parties in the bay area. catherine will be your host to an end at 11:30 p.m. year's eve for kron 4 new year's live presented by a lead and deep. it is still the local your show the bay area's favorite way to celebrate. we'll be right back. ding dong ding, dong ♪ hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, ♪ ♪ throw care away, christmas is here, bringing good cheer, ♪ ♪ to young and old, meek and the bold, ding dong ding, dong, ♪ ♪ that is their song, with joyful ring, all caroling, ♪ ♪ one seems to hear, words of good cheer, from everywhere, ♪ ♪ filling the air, oh how they pound, raising the sound, ♪ ♪ o'er hill and dale, telling their tale, gaily they ring, ♪ ♪ while people sing, songs of good cheer, christmas is here, ♪ ♪ merry, merry, merry, merry christmas, ♪ we are not a nation that says don't ask don't tell. we are a nation that says that of many we are one. we are a nation that welcomes the service of every patriot. >> a historic moment civil- rights as the pentagon gets new marching orders on homosexuals in uniform. a repeal of don't ask. don't tell for the first time gays and lesbians can serve openly in the armed forces but not right away. >> a campaign promise fulfilled. i am overwhelmed. a president great fall for what he called it 17 years of injustice. that is why say to all americans. gay or straight, who want nothing more than to defend this country to form. the country needs you, your country once you will be honored to welcome you to the finest ranks of the finest army the world's ever known. >> don't ask, don't tell was a compromise policy adopted in the clinton administration. it allowed gays and lesbians to serve only if they did not open a knowledge their homosexuality. since then as many as 14,000 service members have been forced out. if today the president urged them to consider reenlisting any of these words for those still in uniform. >> you are the first generation to serve openly in our armed forces. you will stand for all those who came before you, any will serve as role models to all who come after. and i know that you will fulfil this responsibility with integrity., an honor just as you have every other missions in which you have been charged. >> the president had a warning to repeal does not take effect right away. that would happen until 60 days after the pentagon certifies that the military has met several conditions. they include education and training programs for the troops. for now the ban on gays technically is still in place. today the senate passed a package of health care and economic aid for the people got sick from the dust at the world trade center. that bill will mean free health care for the first responders of the 911 attack. it also helps to make up for lost wages. the senate today ratified an arms control treaty with russia. this brings in the nuclear programs of both countries. president barack obama it gives at four major policy victory in the last hours of the current congress. he said is the most significant arms treaty in nearly two decades. stay with us will be back after this break.