Holiday time, 2017 off to a rough start here for marin county computers, theyre going to be dealing with rain and one less lane. Reporting live from the golden gate bridge, amy holly field. Thank you. For the rest of us not driving on the golden gate bridge, the first commute of the year is just plain old wet. Thats true. Jessica castro in fremont for us in morning. Hows it looking . Reporter good morning, guys, little jealous of your nice dry studio this morning. In fremont, the rain is pretty light right now. Im going to have any photographer ian show you around a little bit right here. Very light rain but it was a really wet drive all the way from San Francisco as i came down here in morning on 880 to 680. It was raining the whole way. Its also definitely cold out here. Youll want to use your heater this morning. The good news is i left so early, not too many cars. A lot of people still in holiday mode. There is snow on mt. Hamilton in santa clara county. It can make the drive out t
Have storm ranger hey to track the weather, a mobile Doppler Radar on wheels and well be able to position it to guf you a more accurate picture. Well have an update at 6 10 and 67 19 tonight. Just hearing jeff talking about the rain and the snow u, its enough to make some people wonder is the drought over. Not so fast. Nbc bay areas peggy bunker in los gatos, and looking a lot better than it did last year. You can say that again. This reservoir in lexington and others in the area are doing a lot better. I know its really dark right now but when we first got here this afternoon, the water level up to the tree line, looking so much better than it did last year. So the experts say its all about the snowfall in the sierra. I love the rain. Its great. Reporter its music to californias ears, heavy constant raindrops, each one a remedy for the drought. And even better, this weeks snowfall in the sierra. The snow pack is going to make the difference. Reporter the several feet of new snow is ex
Concerns with a new storm, especially here on sundays forecast. Well continue to wrap this up. Well have another update at 6 10 and also 6 19. We want to take you out to storm ranger right now, our mobile Doppler Radar. You can see it situated here. It is in the elements and here to track our weather. Again, more updates throughout the hour. People are keeping a close eye on stream levels and areas around the north bay prone to flooding. Were live where getting ready for flood waters is a way of life. This area is in the business. Nay ear so ready they have these apparatus ready where they can put flood gates to hold the water and almost every business mad sandbags at the ready. This art gallery owner has been through it before and hes ready if the water keeps rise in the creek below him. I end up raising my painting and putting the computer and chair up or i take some stuff home. Reporter bank erosion in 2005 left his tiny shop on a slope. And less than three weeks ago the creek wa
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. A Flash Flood Watch for parts of the bay area right now. And get ready. Even more rain is on the way. We have your complete storm coverage. But first, breaking news after six months without a chief of police. Oakland has just hired this woman to head that citys troubled department. Kpix5 broke the news first. And joe vasquez is outside opd right now with what we know about oaklands first female top cop. Joe . Reporter all right liz, we started getting word out of chicago this evening and we were able to come firm with sources here in oakland that this city is about to get its new top cop. Ann kirkpatrick from the Chicago Police department is the new police chief according to sources in the bay area. Mayor libby schaaf plans to make the announcement tomorrow morning following a series of meetings. Kirkpatrick was the head of development in the Chicago Police Department June of last year, before that, 2012 to 2014. She was the chie
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. A Flash Flood Watch for parts of the bay area right now. And get ready. Even more rain is on the way. We have your complete storm coverage. But first, breaking news after six months without a chief of police. Oakland has just hired this woman to head that citys troubled department. Kpix5 broke the news first. And joe vasquez is outside opd right now with what we know about oaklands first female top cop. Joe . Reporter all right liz, we started getting word out of chicago this evening and we were able to come firm with sources here in oakland that this city is about to get its new top cop. Ann kirkpatrick from the Chicago Police department is the new police chief according to sources in the bay area. Mayor libby schaaf plans to make the announcement tomorrow morning following a series of meetings. Kirkpatrick was the head of development in the Chicago Police Department June of last year, before that, 2012 to 2014. She was the chie