the instability is dropping across the hill tops, so the showers will be shutting down setting a stage for a freezing night. 20s and 30s in the inland valleys. some of the temperatures dropping to near freezing as early as 10:00 tonight. heading into tomorrow morning, some of the coldest spots again, like we had this morning hitting those 20s as we wake up tomorrow morning. as we get out of this pattern, as we wrap up the weekend, we re tracking a storm that will bring a lot of rain in your seven-day forecast. more of that coming up. thank you, rob. here s pictures a viewer sent us from near san bruno mountain, rooftops frosted there. the deck received a light dusting of snow overnight, or frost anyway as you can see. if you have weather pictures you would like to share, send them to weatherpic@nbcbayarea.com. from businesses to homeowners, plenty of people getting ready for the cold tonight. kimberly tere has a look for us. reporter: it is chilly here in los gatos, a
on top of that, as we brush ourselves off from last week s big snowstorm, much of the country is preparing for more severe weather yet again. 100 million americans in the storm s path. the big forecast coming up. and this story has a lot of people talking right now. a mom who was arrested after she appeared on the dr. phil show, talking about how she disciplines her children with hot sauce. you can see her putting it right in the boy s mouth. did she or the authorities go too far? a lot of people talking about it. a fascinating story. different from when they washed your mouth out with soap. we begin with the increasingly dangerous situation in egypt, so dangerous in fact that a u.s. embassy is now making arrangements for thousands of americans to leave as early as this morning. and there are new demands for president hosni mubarak to resign. lama hasan is joining us from the cairo airport by phone. what s the latest there? lama, can you hear me? we know a lot of th
was time magazine s person of the year. this is going to take it. i ve heard that people say that jesse is this new-found leading man, the dorky leading man that a lot of people are really falling in love with. it s called geek chic. god, i wish that was around when i was in high school. geeking it up all the way to the bank. let s talk about best actor. because one of these guys, james franco, has that geek chic ability as well. this is james franco s to lose, by the way, vinita. the roll of aaron rolston was made for him. this is a true story. the mountain climber who had to amputate his arm. james franco really believed in this role from the beginning. he shepherded this project through the hollywood system. even though colin firth is a little bit of a better actor, all eyes are pointing at james franco. he ll walk away with the best actor award. he s hosting the oscars, and he ll walk away with the best actor for oscar. let s talk about the lovely ladies. what is yo
david shookman reports on the extreme conditions. reporter: a woman stranded as her house collapses. a lifeline is thrown. clasping her dog, she takes the plunge. she s tied on, but the dog is swept away. people plead with her to hold on. and astonishingly, she is hauled to safety. the torrents of flood water have been ripping through towns and villages without warning. we shouted, please help us, this woman said. the flooding took only seconds. i lost everything, says this woman. this is a poor region and the flimsy buildings didn t stand a chance. this man lost his wife. it was by a finger, he says, that i could not save her. this is a landscape that s scarred by floods. it s a horribly familiar scene. the problem always exacerbated by overcrowding and illegal construction in steep terrain. the soil there is unstable, saturated by too much rain, too many people living in housings that are built out of code. they are on hillsides. and this is obviously something uninevit