Of rain. Thank you, drew. What a difference a few months can make. The left side of the screen is video from the final snow survey of the season, in april. The right side is from today, when crews took the first manual survey of the season. Chris nguyen was there and joins us live from the sierra with more. Chris . Reporter good evening. Take a look at the snow bank. The take away from the survey is that Officials Say its going to take more snowfall to make a dent in the drought. Behind the old phillips post office, state water officials are keeping an eye on the snow. A good part is going to soak into the ground before we start to see the runoff. Frank gerky is here to measuring of the season. 100 feet from the pole. The snow pack measures about five feet, 150 of average for this location. The sierra is nearly 110 of average, however. Its still not where wed like to be. Reporter up the hill at sierra at tahoe resort, positive vibes all around. Theyre not seeing rocks on the runs and t
Joining us. Im ama daetz. We have live coverage on the impact, short and long term. Chris nguyen is in the sierra, but we begin withdrew tuma to see whats happening now. Drew . We have light mist falling throughout the area. Partly to mostly cloudy skies and this mist is falling just below our radar beam. So measuring in hundredths of inches there is light rain today from santa rosa to San Francisco. 3 100ths of rain. Concord, 1 100ths. Its been a chilly, and damp day. Temperatures mid to upper 40s. 49 san jose. Oakland, 47 degrees so future weather going hour by hour, 7 00 or 8 00 perhaps there will be spotty areas of drizzle. The skies are going to clear, meaning we have another cold night on the way once again. Patchy frost is likely below freezing there tonight. 30 overnight. Napa, 40 in San Francisco. And 34 san jose. Well talk about what this means for your new years eve forecast coming up, and multiple chances of rain. Thank you, drew. What a difference a few months can make. Th
Number is rising every year. And rock n roll legend john oats. The u. S. Backed the government in yemen. Now washington is watching it crumble driven out of power. The country is in chaos on the verge of civil war. Fears that are amplified by the growing threat of al qaeda. More from stephanie sy. Hundreds of protestsors in the southern at this city of taes are calling for reform. Translator we demand president hadi go back and do not succumb tofully group. Reporter rebels are now in complete control of sanaa after storming government buildings on monday. Parliament and president ial buildings are surrounded. The parliament, president and intelligence chief under house arrest. Houthi leaders were allegedly targeted in two boaments bombings today. The u. N. Special envoy tried to bring the factions together on thursday, the u. N. Had brokered a deal after houthis took control of large parts of the capital. Other than what you agreed upon through outcomes of the ndc and the peace and Nat
It turns out the man who was killedxd was carrying a fake gun at the time. Thats right. An airsoft pistol or bb gun. Police are saying they asked this man to go ahead and show his hands. And they say in this they saw what appeared to be a handgun. They say that he pulled that from his waistband. It sound fast exactly like the fire you would throw on the ground. Consistent, right after another. Reporter ester and christina vigil heard the shooting near San Franciscos Mission police station. There was gunshots. And there was four of them. Thats all you heard. Then you heard nothing but siren that was. Reporter police chief greg sir says three officers were leaving the station this morning when they noticed a man in a restricted parking area. They said they told him he would have to leave. Shortly after theyxx ted the car. Went to approach him to tell him again, hey, you cant be here. And he went to his waistband where there was a the butt of the gunni andrew the weapon. Two sergeants fir
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