With some storm clouds lingering overhead, the impacts of our wet weather on this stormy saturday. Im heather holmes. Im ken waynes. Were on stormwatch. Mark tamayo is tracking the rain. But first, katie hue tess katie utehs is live in San Francisco where the rain brought down a big tree. Reporter a crane was just here to remove the stump of the tree. I want to show you whats left. That giant tree behind me. Its a trin to the one that fell and while we desperately need the rain, todays storm also brought some destruction. Im very sad. Reporter during the rain storm, this giant chinese elm toppled in San Franciscos castro neighborhood, taking out power and gas lines on its way down. Homeowner Neil Rosenbaum said work exposed extra soil near the tree base. My hunch, this heavy rain washed down the street, oversaturated the soil and the roots couldnt hold it. Reporter fromup and utility from cleanup and utility crews, habitat for humanity volunteers in concord, many drudged or drove throu
Area received more scattered showers. This is a live look toward walnut creek. Looks like mt. Diablo there. Quite a few gray clouds. Afternoon. Im tori campbell. We have Team Coverage of the storm with janine de la vega who has been out in the wet weather all morning. We begin with Steve Paulson tracking the rain and even more thunderstorms possible, hail on the way. Absolute little. Its been a rather busy morning. It will continue to get busier here in the afternoon. A line is forming along the san mateo coast. I will get a closer look at it. Half moon bay. Lets take a trip around. It let up around hercules, crockett, pin noel, rodeo, thunder and lightning in benicia. And just coming over san pablo bay, maybe a little bit of hail. General rain out to the east bay, approaching. South San Francisco heading to oakland and hayward, probably on the san mateo ridge and near Half Moon Bay. Thats the biggest activity right now. Looks like its punching in at the Half Moon Bay bay airport. Its
Fallen on it. Reporter this tree between 1 00 and 1 30 this afternoon. I heard a loud explosion and saw wood chips scattering and i thought the lightning had hit our house. All of a sudden theres a huge bright light like the sun, huge crack, loudest noise ive ever heard. Reporter that many said was a landmark here and once stood tall. It was about 8 foot tall. And now its about 20 feet tall. Reporter investigators say parts of the tree ripped through the roofs of several homes, left debris in several yards and took out windows in a threeblock radius. Weve seen treeing taken down by storms, but a Lightning Strike thats actually detonated a tree like this ive personally not seen before. Reporter you can see there are tarps on top of that home. The Fire Department put those up to prevent any further damage. Nobody was injured. Well talk to more people in this community who were affected by that tree strike. People in sausalito were also startled by a Lightning Strike this afternoon. Folks
Tonight, our special report. Youre looking at live pictures of gaza where at 6am saturday morning, in two hours, a temporary humanitarian truce is scheduled to begin. Both sides agreed to stop attacks for 12 hours, so food and aid can get to palestinians inside gaza. Diplomats had hoped for a longer ceasefire. That didnt happen, instead they are about to begin a day of meetings in paris. Jonathan betz is here with more. Diplomats hope a 12hour pause will lay the ground work. Al jazeera obtained a document outlining the key points. A ceasefire in 2012 is aimed at providing a sustainable solution. It ensures the livelihoods of the palestinians. It also offers a 7day pause in violence so israel can pull out its troops and allow food and medicine in. That is a longterm side. The hope was to stop the fighting for address. For now theyll be paused for a few hours. After 18 days of violence serious talks the fighting may stop briefly for the first time. We are confident we have a fundamental
Downtown walnut creek is about to get pricey. How much more you can expect to pay starting today. All right back to the scene until san jose. This is the developing news we have been following for the past hour. A man shot early this morning. This is down a street from samuel sight Elementary School in south san jose. Coming up in two minutes we will have the new details we just learned from police about the victims injuries. Thank you for joining us. Monday morning, april 7 im pam cook. Good morning, im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Steve, how does it look . It looks good. It looks very nice. It will be sunny and warm. Unless you want that rain. And i think, pam, you tweeted out something didnt you . Are we going to have any more rain . Yes, we will. Clear skies today. Clear skies. Sunshine. Mainly 50s on the low 70nd. There are a couple 40s. 70s to 80s. 50 fairfield. 40 napa. Now santa rosa tipped to 48. A little hint of an offshore breeze. Not that strong but a li