Entire month of january. And it looked like tahoe today in some areas. The bay areas Higher Elevations got a taste of snow. These pictures are from highway 29 north of calastoga in napa county. Snow also fell on snow tops in lake counties as well as the top of mount diablo. And we went up to mount diablo today where we found one family having a nice snowball fight. The light dusting was enough to shut down the road to get to the summit but that was not enough to stop some folks from hiking up to the summit. And we have the latest on todays weather. Chief meteorologist bill martin has what we had today. The perfect day to watch the super bowl, rainfall throughout the area. Look at the totals especially around halfmoon bay. We got up to an inch of rain in pacifica. Almost an inch in mill valley. So nice little dusting of rain. A little bit of snow in the Higher Elevations. Heres whats happening. That weather system is going out toward the south so its heading out this way so its pulling
Friday morning. More reports for sfo, san jose, winds 15 Miles Per Hour. The fire danger, the red flag warning in place right now. Started right now, 6 00 p. M. For the north bay hills, the east bay hills and the santa cruz mountains. Winds pick up, topping 40 Miles Per Hour for the bay area hills. Above 1,000 feet, delta. Low humidity levels 1020 . Coming up we will look at the timing of the winds, when the warning expires and highlight the warmest day of the week. Because of that fire danger and the concern over it tonight prompted some areas to add extra fire crews. Ktvus john fowler is here now with that part of the story. Reporter station 87. The most recent of 7 Contra Costa County fire stations that have been closed because of budget cuts. It is across the street here in pittsburg from open space and homes. A neighborhood that tonight because of these conditions is in peril. Reporter gusty dry winds, dry grass and brush. Snug against this neighborhood where people tonight are wo
Victim of a scam. Complete bay area News Coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5 00 p. M. Good evening. I am ken wayne. I am heather holmes. We begin with new developments about the state of a pg e pipeline. The safety of a pg e pipeline. That line runs in san carlos. Ktvus Eric Rasmussen talked with the mayor of san carlos and pg e officials about what is next. Reporter pg e had said it would begin the process of shutting down the pipeline tomorrow or tuesday in san carlos. Moments ago i received a text message from pg e confirming that work has already begun tonight. Reporter a normal send of soccer sunday of sucker in san carlos. Soccer in san carlos. She learned about pg e emails questioning the safety of a gas line running. That is a huge houses here. We are sitting on it right now. My reaction was the sape has it same as the city manager. The mare and the city de the mayor and the city declared a state of emergency telling pg e to shut down the pipeline. They
Were flooding our station with calls about the fire. There was a smoke advisory because of the fire. Taking a look at what is happening over the oakland estuary. We are about 50 miles a i way from the sasson fire. You see some hay there in the background. See whatted like just two hours ago. We took these pictures when we were looking east back toward the oakland hills. You sea an awful lot of haze and smoke in the air. It comes around here all the time. I have never seen this much smoke. It makes it not pretty. Thats for sure. Its a Beautiful Day and it is just not that beautiful. I was just wondering what was going on. I actually had to take off my sunglasses. I didnt know what it was. I was just hoping it is not the city or something. That smoke advisory means people should try to stay indoors with windows and doors closed. And of course, the fire danger we have been talking a lot about red flag warnings. The key has been the wind. The wind has really picked up over the bay area for
Legal duty to give any notice but most expect if there is no deal such a notice will come. The question is,ish when will it is, when will it come, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. More details, the last strike lasted 41 2 days. 50 of the riders used other transits. Bart averages 400,000 riders every week day. They are bracing for a bigger impact this time because ridership is higher. Stay with www. Ktvu. Com. And we are posting a list of alternatives for you. New at 6 00 p. M. The state says it cleared a back log of californians waiting for their unemployment checks but we learned of new concerns of unprocessed claims. Ktvu learned the departments problems may be far larger than a commute glitch. Ktvus Eric Rasmussen is live where one lawmaker is getting involved. Reporter we talked to the state senator at his office here. His staff says they receive dozens of calls asking for help. Many says they cant get a response from the state. We want an answer. A time frame. Reporter she thought