the big game at the stadium a big mess. i got a poncho and probably a lot of underneath clothes so we stay warm. we need rain right, we re in california. we can always use rain. reporter: we just checked with chp, there s no major accidents here in i80 but there is slow traffic all along the corridor. you can probably expect heavy slow traffic from san francisco to the sierra. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. the wet weather started early this morning with some light showers at the west end of the richmond san rafael bridge. morning commuters had to contend with mist and muddles as they made their way to the toll booths. soutrly winds have been sweeping throughout the day but so far no wind alerts have been issued. in other parts of the bay, the wet weather started about 4:00 this morning and pretty much continued to fall on and off for most of the day. skiers, snow boarders and the business that rely on them to make the bottom line are all gearin
he was eligible for unsupervised parole because in january, the state said only serious or violent criminals required supervised parole. the new law was designed to save the state money on the thought that nonviolent nonserious offenders don t need so much attention. we were not infatuated with this idea. we didn t think it was a good approach. again, you re potentially sacrificing public safety for short-term financial benefits. reporter: here s the partial list of the crimes that the state considers serious or violent and that require supervised parole: murder, rape, kidnapping, a lewd act with a child under 14, inflicting great bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon, arson and exploding a destructive device. wright was originally charged with murder and involuntary manslaughter for the death of his son crimes on the list requiring supervised parole. but those charges were dropped when he agreed to plead guilty to felony child neglect a crime that doesn t require s
remember the greeter was charged with kidnapping j.c. to guard and then hiding her for 18 years. that was really something that put them under a lot of scrutiny and since then al they have created this new team and is called the california parole apprehension team. this week they did a big sweep let s roll video will show you some of what happened this week. here you could see the knocking on doors he could see a lot of agents ago when you see another group of agents going inside one of the sex offenders homes here in the bay area of these roles of presidents that they did. the did make arrests you can see one that s happening here, they re also looking for parolees at large but your checking or registered sex offenders were living to make sure there are living in the homes they have listed here and that they had been tampered with gps units and they did have any weapons or is it like that. how many parolees are there? there are over 1800 here and agents really focused o
hope for. it s going to do a lot for the economy. restaurants and everybody are excited because it s going to get a season kicked off earlier. there is snow storms happening the sierra which is why residents shrug their shoulders. 26 years, not that excited. and now, back live here, our people are enjoying night time sking and snow boarding. this is one of the few places you can do that. and that could bring blizzard like conditions and force the closure of interstate 80 and highway 50. and this looks like fun. today s weather is the start of what is expected to be a cold, wet weekend. and this shows you what s happening outside. looking at live doppler 7 you ll see most moisture is concentrated in the north bay this, has been light so far. and we ve been seeing drizzle or light showers across parts of the bay area. this is very spotty across some parts of the bay area as you can sigh here. and there is rain totals less than a tenth of an inch. and if you re headi
its health into a negotiated state. you are required to protect historic artifacts including trees if you can. we can. there is plenty of room on the west side of the tracks near el palo alto the tree and there s never been a plan by any aspect of the high-speed rail program none of the alternatives would endanger that tree. reporter: the tree has become the latest talking point in the community debate over high-speed rail. it s been around a long time, seen a lot of changes in the city. would like to see it hang around and see more changes. one of the changes not being high-speed rail. it s a tree. and it s a lovely tree and i would hate to see it bite the dust. but if it were a necessary thing, this would be one of the things that would have to go. reporter: el palo alto was recently given a check-up and despite its old age it was found to be in excellent health. so it should be around for a long time as the debate around the tracks continues. in palo alto, len ra