rain. >> yes, it's going right into the north bay and it is giving us extremely windy conditions and highs today will be really mild, they will be in the mid- 50s to upper 60s and a very showery pattern, here is sal. obviously it will be a wet commute, you will need to leave the house earlier. we have to keep your speeds down if you look at the east shore, so far it is light, nice slow speed should help you out and there have been a lot of problems on the road. let's go to paul chambers who is looking at the commute from out there, paul? >> reporter: right here you can't see some parts of the roadway where there is still some running water. traffic is moving smoothly out here in berkeley and it is causing problems for many people and it is causing problems for many of our co- workers. here is some flooding video just before the broadway off ramp before interstate 880 in oakland. now give yourself some extra time if you need to go near this spot. now over here where there was an accident that happened, the accident involved a big-rig truck and a car as rain pounded the other and then the truck went off to the right shoulder and it will need parts of it to be replaced. a temporary backup, once again the rains are coming down and winds are pushing it down and rain is coming downside ways as you can see behind us and give yourself some extra time because the roads are really wet out here. it is slick, no major problems in this area but give yourself some extra time when you head out this morning. live in berkeley paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. as christian continues our storm watch, you are following problems in daily city? >> reporter: the off ramp was closed when we arrived and we will give you a sense of where we are, we are at the john daily on ramp, this is going towards san francisco and you can see cars are making their way on this ramp and this has been closed at the bottom of that off ramp doing repair work and we got here 4:00 this morning and had some video of the road work. we were here 2:30 this morning and i have been told there is two feet of standing water and it has been cleared and we saw the damage on the roadway. cal trans crews are telling drivers to watch out for similar damage on their commute. >> basically waters goes underneath asphalt underneath these cracks leaving the asphalt floating and when people keep driving over and over, it loosens and breaks apart. >> now coming back out to our live picture, you can see this on ramp is now open and you can see this truck is getting back to normal but cal trans and chp crews are working and make sure you add and account for extra time this morning. certainly give yourself extra space between you and other drivers to make sure you can be as safe as possible on that morning commute. christian ktvu channel 2 news. the dreams for the 49ers are over this morning and they are trying recover from that heartbreaking loss to the new york giants. 7-0 lead, outside tight end with a 73-yard touchdown, 9ers were up when the nightmare began for kyle williams and he allowed the giants to recover taking a 17-14 lead and it send him into overtime, giants are over the field goal they win 20- 17. >> he had a tough game, just like he anyone can have a tough game. >> i just pretty much told him, it is already, it is all right cal, keep your head up. >> i did a great job cop peteing, they played their hearts out, and we were disappointed you didn't come away with the sat faction of a win. >> 14 and 4 record nothing to be a shamed of and john harbaugh is winning coach of the year. they will take on tom brady and the new england patriots and indianapolis two weeks, brady who glue up in san mateo is looking for his 4th championship and they missed the final goal in the 4th. they are going into and out of candle stick park and some traffic jams were three hours long. there were a lot of frustrated drivers who just abandoned their cars to get in time for kickoff. several buses were stuck and people walked off to get to the game. despite the loss, 49ers fans are thinking about next season. we will be there. >> 49ers forever. >> still, they also admit, fans say it will take time to recover emotionally after a 49er season like this one. we have complete coverage four on our channel 2 website including raw video of the players talking after the game just go to www.ktvu.com. and in a republican presidential race, they now head to florida for the upcoming primary on january 31st. >> i think we just made a mistake in holding off as long as we did, it was just a distraction. >> coming up at 5:15 mitt romney makes an about face on one issue after losing to newt gingrich in south carolina. coming up, opening arguments in the accused gang member charged with killing a san francisco father and his two sons. edwin ramos is accused of killing a father and two sons. he admitted to driving the car but he says he was not the gunman. it was revealed ramos was an undocumented immigrant with an arrest record and was never deported because of san francisco's deport policy. and 78-year-old joseph naso is on trial representing himself during his preliminary hearing in a marin county courtroom. he is expected to enclosing statements this morning. he is accused of killing four california women in crimes that date back to the 1970s. the cable carolyn is back in service -- cable car line is back in service. a problem with the cable forced the line to close down for a few hours. it was fixed just before 9:00 last night. time now 5:08 traffic problems, rain pouring in, sal, what is happening now? >> it is not going to be a great monday so if you leave the house early, it is like asking a lot on a monday to get yourself out the door. but you should this morning if you can or just call ahead and tell them you are running behind taking you longer to get to work. as you drive out to the mcarthur maze, that traffic will be busy and you have heard your reporter saying, almost everywhere you look, some of the pavement has not been. it gets a little bit damp in the rain and this morning's commute is going to be okay on westbound bay bridge so far coming across to san francisco. we have had a lot of fender- benders, 280 southbound looking good and some of the fender benders include standing water, minor accidents on the shoulder, that kind of thing and to give yourself plenty of extra time to get through. let's go to steve. it is the last one in the series, we had 3 storms come through, today is rain and wind and it is going over the north bay so things are starting to pick up. it is right over at petaluma and things are starting to lighten up there. if you have anything to tweet me you can and it looks like you can have some thunder and brief hail, i am not showing that yet but definitely with that low moving through it is pretty intense. it will give us some rain here in the morning and it will turn more showery in nature, sun, clouds wind and morning rain, very windy, possible thunder showers today, temperatures are in the mid-50s and it is mild out there. it wraps it itself up, high pressure is building back in for the rest of the week, blue canon is reporting snow, there is a winter storm warning until noon, 4 5,000 feet, another four to ten inches in higher elevations, sun and clouds with mild temperatures. lots of 50s to near 60 degrees and we are also sitting at 54 so it would in the take much. windy and showers, tomorrow sunny and breezy then we will have to deal with fog and look at the highs upper 70s to near 60 degrees and it does look cooler as we go to sunday. crackdown on students may go to a new level, the upcoming vote to district officials and things may look a lot different on campus. they pulled a woman off a very steep cliff... bay area bridges give yourself some extra time and it is going to be very icy out there. 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>> reporter: pam, mitt romney has a campaign event in tampa and any minute now he is looking to bounce back after his double digit defeat to newt gingrich and mitt romney said he will release his tax form tomorrow and he said not getting that information out sooner has hurt his campaign. >> i think we made a mistake, we want to get back to the real issues in the campaign. >> mitt romney is stepping up his attacks on newt gingrich calling him a failed leader. the former house speaker is trying to keep up his momentum. >> i think my job in florida is to convince people i i can clearly defeat obama in a series of debates and we have big enough solutions that they would get america back on track. >> rick santorum will be on the debate stage and polls show they have a lot of catching up to do, more on what polls are saying in my next update, allison burns ktvu channel 2 news. the u.s. aircraft carrier has sailed through the state and they have warned american ships against using the straight. the aircraft carrier was accompanied by british friendships and passed through the straight into the persian gulf without any problems. and the president of yemen delivered farewell speech asking his people to forgive him of any shortcomings during his 33 year rule. his traveling to the u.s. has been approved. he was severely wounded in a bomb attack on his compound back in june. early protests were part of the spring uprisings. accountability is on the agenda for the school board meeting and it is to show the public about the decisions adopted by the trustees. it will be given at the first board meeting of every month and also under consideration offering more public input session so people can evaluate the performance of the board and of the superintendent. tomorrow the pleasanton school board will make a proposal to use drug sniffing dogs. they will condition duct periodic searches on the school only when students are not present. student drug use and drug related suspensions are up at pleasantons high schools. it is treacherous driving this morning, a lot of rain, roads are slippery, sal, what are you seeing now? >> well we are seeing a lot of people waking up fast, i want to show you things on live pictures and this is exactly what you are dealing with, people forget, they start driving along and realize this car is harder to control so give yourself plenty of extra time. every single time we talked there was a nearby crash just after sick more valley road and a brand-new crash, i'm not sure if they will send paramedics or not. northbound 101 in san mateo, a brand-new crash popped up there and really these things popped up every minute or so. a lot of them are fender benders so just be careful. let's take a look at the commute, traffic is going to be light. i mentioned that crash on the san mateo area which is on the maps east on third avenue, northbound 101 and now we are finding out, paramedics are rolling to that and eastbound 280 has some areas on the peninsular that are flooded so just be careful out there. let's go to steve. good morning everybody, we have an area of low pressure in the north bay visiting and it is trigging thunder showers and the wind is cranked up and that's what is responsible for the went the low is so close to us. over two and a half, it is about time, san jose has 11.5 so things are picking up only 5 5% of normal. ben low man, 2. 5 napa, an inch of rain in mill valley, two thirds of an inch. after that lesser amounts, three quarters oakland and not too bad after the system on friday and saturday. you can see the low going through back over to santa rosa and if you are getting anything you can always tweet me or e- mail me. we also have rain towards morgan hill and lafayette and we have a line going through. the low is also on the way and was that is going over us right now and as it does it gives us went and possible showers and morning rain and then it goes sun, clouds off and on showers and 40s and 50s very mild. a week ago things have really changed. up with more system? no it doesn't look like it, much is coming in and snow fall, above that 3 5,000 feet and also windy conditions. scattered showers, this is a pattern for showers, mild with 50s and 60s and temperatures are on the mild side. after today things calm down and we lose the breeze, the fog will be back in a big way wednesday and thursday and if you don't have the fog upper 60s to near 70s and it looks like we will cool it down as we head to sunday. european markets are starting the day with gains and there is hope that greece is working out a deal to lower the debt with private creditors. most of the other asian markets are closed for the lunar new year. our futures were slightly higher and we have other reports coming in, a couple of stocks to watch and we will have that in a little bit. dow jones industrial average is almost 100 points and starts off at 7:20. if you have not noticed the average price is up 2 cents over the past week. this morning in san francisco 3 -- 69 in san jose, prices will be steady due to the conflict with iran and nigeria. time now 5:22, the problem in the oakland hills, all blamed on the pounding rain and powerful winds. also, heart broken 49ers fans will not want to see some of the world's most favorite cable cars or will they? 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york. it was part of a friendly bet and he also promised to send him some famous sourdough bread. from the east bay, there is a police standoff in oakland. also the workweek is getting off to a stormy start and we will continue with many problems tied to the pounding rain and winds. and interstate 680 looks good, we will tell you about the morning commute and the bay area weather. kçú [people chatting] everyone, it's $37 a piece. paying with your smart phone instead of cash. that's a step forward. with chase person-to-person quickpay, you can send money directly to your friend's checking account. all you need is their email address or mobile number. don't worry honey, i'll show you. thanks everyone. so take a step forward... and chase what matters. . well, good morning to you, it is monday january 23rd, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, thank you for joining us, how is the weather looking, steve? all the way to morgan hill, it is scattered and there is a strong area of low pressure going right through the north bay and most of this win and rain will be in the morning and things will be calmer in the afternoon, we will have a combination of sun and clouds, very mild highs 50s to near 60s. you are looking at a picture getting up to highway 17, traffic is moving along okay, a little bit low in the outside lanes and there is a little bit of flooding. also on interstate 880, i just got a call for a new crash near san pablo area. they are heading away from the richmond san mateo bridge, at 5:41 let's go back to the desk. as sal mentioned, powerful rain and winds, that storm has created hazardous highway conditions and we are watching some of the problems in daily city, christian? the john daily on ramp reopened at about 445 and you can see the on ramp is open and cal trans crews are using the on ramp and we got video of the work that had to repair the row way. chp officers discovered the problem at 2:30 this morning and they were in two feet of standing water at the bottom of the ramp at that time. officers say they cleared a storm debris and cal trans had to fill in the road and drivers may encounter similar damage on their commute. >> well if it looks like a home or standing water, that is probably what it is. >> reporter: chp crews sell tell me they had a very busy -- crews tell me they had a very busy night. you heard from sal leave extra time on that commute and roadways will be wet and conditions can be hazardous out there. we will continue with problems and we heard about another roadway that has been damaged in daily city and we will have more coming up in the next half hour to an hour or so from now. live in daily city, christian captain ktvu channel 2 news. >> don't forget, you can always get the latest traffic conditions just sign up to our website www.ktvu.com. it happened at a sweet 16 and yesterday morning it happened saturday night at a home. two different groups of people got into an argument at a home's garage and that led to the gunfire. 80 people were in the home at the time of the shooting. >> all parties at large are a challenge to police officers when you respond because you don't know what you will get when you get there. >> the five victims are two teenage boys including a 13- year-old and two are in the hospital listed in serious condition. they are expected to set a trial date and that date is expected to be within s-weeks. he pled not guilty that he abused his wife and they will be in court thursday to ask for a modification of the judge's order to stay away from his wife and two-year-old son. a san francisco prosecutor is facing charges, he was arrested on one count of domestic violence and the circumstances that led to her arrest were not made public and the alleged victim was not identified. attorney general's office will be handling the investigation. they were everywhere during the championship game at candle stick park. police have not released any information on how many arrests were made but they do say one fan assaulted two police officers. police used pepper spray on the man and another fan was inadvertently hit by that pepper spray. it was a disappointing night at candle stick park. it took some people three hours to get to the entrances. many just a ban on ited their cars to make the kickoff. they just jumped off and walked to the game and in all it was a painful way to end the season. >> i know, i cried and i laughed and i cried again. >> well, fans say it will last awhile and they are still proud of the team and we are already looking forward to next season. we have complete coverage on our channel 2 website including raw video of the players talking after the game, just go to www.ktvu.com. time now 4:36, joe paterno died yesterday at the age of 85, coming up for you in just six minutes, we will have a live report for you as the campus mourns a legendary coach. later today president barack obama will welcome the stanley cup boston bruins and they are celebrating boston's 2011 champion shop. they are honored for the work they do off the ice and they donated a lot of money to the area. hopefully people are taking it easy this morning. >> we just hope so because driving fast may get you into trouble and we want to mention some things we have. first, let's talk about 80 westbound and that traffic looks okay kay but we have had some flooding -- okay, but we have some flooding in many of the lanes so give yourself some extra time and if you are driving. the outside lanes a count late water and stopping on a dime is what you want. if you are trying to get to san francisco, it looks okay. eastbound third avenue on northbound 101, there is a crash and it looks like there are minor injuries involved in that wreck. slowed traffic is approaching the chain and there is an injury accident, this is pours to have been caused by live stock. just walking on the road, this is one of those things if you take bowl, they are really not doing well because of the wet weather, 5:38 let's go to steve. we just had a tweet in santa cruz up in the santa cruz mountains. we are getting gusts up to 50 miles per hour all over the place and a strong low is moving to the north of us, going over the north bay and it has really picked up the wind. some of the rainfall totals, we have just a few, over 2. 5, santa cruz mountains, an inch and a third, lexington reservoir, about an inch and a half, after that, fso redwood city also, lesser amounts as you went a half inch towards the east bay. you can see the low. pack over north it looks pretty intense so if you are getting thunder or lightning, you can always send me an e-mail. i will be down and coming down here as well. all because of that system which is moving right into the north bay and that is giving us thunder showers. it will be a blustery day. 50s on the temperatures, 55 degrees in san jose, last system in the series, after everything moves through, high pressure is moving back in and we are dealing with fog and we do look dry after today. if our forecast models are dry, we needed these and they are good. until noon, snow is at 4500 feet. possible thunder showers, san jose sitting at 55. very windy and we need some of that decreasing showers, sunny breezy, now we are dealing with fog and if you don't have fog it will be mild to warm and temperatures should cool down if you are heading towards that. there are several streets around cap street and lorraine blanco is there at this police standoff, what is going on lorraine? >> reporter: police have just arrived for the massive disturbance that quickly became a standoff right around 3:00 a.m. it is about three or four blocks up and to the left on cap street, police will not let us any closer because they are not sure if the man is armed or if he has any hostages inside. they have been trying to communicate with him in spanish an english. it happened around threw a.m. and they will keep extending where things have been blocked offment right now that could change, anybody inside is harmed and of course they are taking precautions to make sure everybody is safe here. we will bring you updates as soon as they bill available but right on the corner it should be locked off soon. 3 or 4 blocks off as well as cap street reporting live in oakland, ktvu channel 2 news. well, wented congresswoman congresswoman gabrielle giffords tells colleagues she will not be coming back. >> i will step down this week. >> and now the event the congresswoman has planned for today, before her resignation is official. the news of the crews ship in italy may cause major environmental problems. if you are driving in the bay area, you need to give yourself some extra time, there is a lot of flooding it is very wet and it's going to be a very tough commute. sweetheart. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. 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romney and newt gingrich have won a victory. the legendary head coach joe paterno was diagnosed with lung cancer shortly after being fired after allegation of sexual abuse for the assistant coach, here is reaction from joe paterno's staff. >> reporter: well, pam a lot of heavy hearts, a very somber morning for students as they walk to class, joe paterno lost his battle with lung cancer at 85 years old and the question remains will he be remembered for his record-setting numbers as a coach or the scandal that ended his career. penn state university students and fans remember legendary coach joe paterno. >> people think of him more than just a coach, they think of him as a leader and somebody who devoted his life to the community. >> reporter: he spent 62 seasons and led the team through 5 undefeated seasons and 409 victories. his victory was tarnished by scandal and accused of failing to do enough nine years ago when he was told his former assistant coach, jerry sandusky had molested a young boy. joe paterno said he never learned the graphic details but he reported it to the athletic director and sandusky has denied any wrongdoing. joe paterno's fans are quick to come to his defense. >> i think it is horrible. >> reporter: joe paw as he was affectionately called was focused on keeping his players on academics. >> he said you will get a great education and i will push you to get your degree. >> reporter: in a statement the board of trustees called joe paterno's commitment to education unmatched in college ball. students community members all had a chance to say goodbye and there will be a public memorial as well as a private one, where they will remember joe paterno. italian officials could start pumping fuel out of the crippled costa concordia as the search goes on for missing passengers. the overturned cruise ship is still shifting in the waters off the italian coast and that's raising fears the ship could have a massive spill. rescue crews recovered another body and the death toll is now at 15. police say 42-year-old tree lay was the man who forced an 11-year-old girl from her home at gunpoint after firing several shots. police later tracked him down to an apartment where they say he was holding the girt hostage. the girl was rescued and was not hurt, according to the family lay was the ex-boyfriend of the girl's mother. one day after announcing her resignation from congress, congresswoman gabrielle giffords will go back to the scene of last year's deadly tucson massacre. >> i don't remember much from that horrible day, but i will never forget the trust you put in me. >> reporter: congresswoman gabrielle giffords released that you tube video yesterday announcing her resignation from congress saying she still needs more time to recover and as part of her final act as a congresswoman, she will finish the meet and greet at the tucson safe way store that was drastically interrupted by last year's shooting rampage. 5:49 is the time back over to sal to check in on the roads here in the bay area, they are very wet. >> yes, the only consolation that steve says it will not be quite as wet but this morning's commute will not be that great. we have a lot of things going on, we have a cow that was killed by a car at canyon road and a lot of people cannot move this animal for a little bit. it is sad but it is also going to cause a traffic jam on the freeway. there is a crash and a lot of fender-benders in this area and a lot of weather moving through and we are paying attention to what steve says as the storm moves east and there are more crashes. if you are looking at antioch, we have some flooding in summersville road, let's go out to some live pictures and 880 looks dryer and not quite as windy according to steve. i make decisions as to how you will get to work today because it will play a role in your commute. one thing, the bay bridge is getting more crowded and speaking with steve, let's go to steve. pour house, it is a system within the system and it is moving through the north bay, napa county, sonoma county thunderstorms this morning, i will show you here, watch you can see the circulation on the bodega bay santa rosa, near calistoga, just to the west of napa over back to santa rosa, it will rotate again and i'd say the delta and head-off to the east and that will give us some thunder or maybe some hail. if you have anything like that, you can e-mail me but it looks like heavy to moderate rain and there are also some off and on showers and this is an intense system for a couple of hours. the low will move through fast and it will usher quickly but not before we have morning rain, possible thunder showers, very windy and right about the san mateo hills, use 280 and be careful there some of the east bay hills, i have seen gusts up to 50 miles per hour. 50s on these temperatures, get a good look right there. once that moves through, then we will start to calm down and we'll see a decrease and the wind has to go over the sierra valley and this is why the winter storm warning goes until noon. another one to two feet is possible, lower elevations around 4,000 feet is the snow level. today windy and possible showers, sun and clouds, upper 50s to near 60s and it would not be tough to get to 59. a little system clips us this wednesday and if you don't have any fog it will be mild to warm and things will cool down a little bit. as a giant shake up,co chief executives as research and motion are turning over control after 20 years. share holders have demanded changes at the top for months and they demanded more on the company's performance. they are worth more than $70 billion and they are now worth about 9 billion. here is more on what china is doing to celebrate the new year and what is happening right here in the bay area. . welcome back people around the world are welcoming the new year of the dragon. they will hold a dedication ceremony for this, the year of the dragon stamp. the u.s. district and many prominent leaders are expected to be there and it all begins at the san francisco hilton on carney street. did you hear that, at midnight they lit up the skies and the dragon is considered a symbol of royalty, fortune and power. >> people want to have their babies this year. february 11th, san francisco chinese new year. >> we will be there. this morning's commute is going to be slow in many areas, roadway flooding, this traffic still looks good, southbound 280 and there is flooding there and also this morning we are looking at the commute and they are clearing up an accident in one of the right lanes. let's go back to the desk. time now 5:57, a police s.w.a.t. team arrived in a standoff in oakland and you are looking at the streets closed off, we are there live. rain hit the bay area hard and cal trans is scrambling to fix things this morning :