San mato coast line. Great news in the sierra where the snow pack is so low, so below normal this, is the best news, 2 feet or know of new snowfall between now and friday morning above 8,000 feet in elevation. 4 to 6 inches of snow at lake tahoe where theyve seen nothing in the month. Timing things out, ive stopped the clock at 3 00 in the morning, moderate, even heavy rainfall at times, along the 6 0 corridor. We all get rain tonight and tomorrow. The rain will spread over the bay area tonight. This will be the first soggy Community Since december. Well talk about how much rain in your town and how long it will stick around in ten minutes. Concerns over californias drought have reached the white house. The governor said the president gave him a call. He called today, offered to do whatever he can do. Obviously cant make it rain, but there are some parts ever california that are more privileged from the point of view of water availability than others. So we have systems we can transfer
Curious onlooker did their best to catch a glimpse at dinner. They told to us move on. Reporter do you know she was come. No just saw the police out on the street and they said theres what did they say a visiting dignity tear. Reporter secret Service Close watch as mrs. Obama wrapped up a busy day of fundraising for the Democratic Party ahead of the midterm election. First lady flew in this afternoon. Motorcade took her to San Francisco eatery catania for lunch fundraiser where supporters pay between 10,000 and that,000 plus dollars to have lunch and met with her price this supporter was willing to pay. Its a special event. Im glad we are here and i just totally looking forward to just being with her and hearing her speak. Reporter second fundraiser held in the financial district off pine. She urged those in attendance to write the biggest check you could possibly write. Outside the event more curious people wondering what all the fuss was about. I had a Training Session and we were do
Our first rain of the year does not compare to the typical storms we normally get in california, obviously, but you can see the misting rain did slow down traffic all evening for the commute. We did have gray skies in the bay area bringing some light showers to golden gate park. Now, lets give you live looks at the camera there. Abc 7 news spencer christian, weather anchor is tracking the weather at live doppler hd tonight. Spencer, anymore coming . There is more coming down, but at the moment it doesnt appear there will be much more. Here is live 7 hd, we have a batch of moisture farther north in matters of men do sidocino c looking disorganized. In the tahoe area there is snow in the higher elevations. We expect the rain to change to snow as the temperatures drop. Meanwhile, back to the bay area as you can see. Many areas receiving a trace amount of rainfall and just a couple of hundredth in other places. The front has passed through the bay area, through the central part of the bay
Conserve water, but as sergio quinn tan fa found out theyre not all the same. Reporter theres a whole lot of people who got out to enjoy the sunny weather again today, but because of this continuing drought there are people who are literally praying for rain. At the Alameda County fairgrounds members of the bay area chapter of the council of islamic relations gathered to a sPrayer Service. Prophet taught them a special prayer when their people went through Drought Conditions in saudi arabia 1400 years ago. Right now theyre just doing one of our regular prayers, which we do every day, and then after that there will be a special prayer for asking god to give us the blessings of rain. Reporter a similar Prayer Service is also held weeks ago in sacramento. Bay area residents are already among the most water conscious users in the state but there are a few simple strategies to cut water use even more. Turning awful the faucet while brushing your teeth or doing dishes can save two gallons of
And with those words, california officials announced the most drastic water cut backs in state history. For the first time in the 54year history of the state Water Project Officials Say they will not be able to supply water to cities, towns and farms anywhere in california. That means 25 Million People are on their own this year. Water is being reserved for fish runs and ensuring delta and San Francisco bay are not flooded by salt water from the ocean. Those allocations being reduced to bare minimum. Farmers, fish, people and our cities and towns will get less waters a result. These actions will protect us in the long run. Water releases scheduled to begin tomorrow. The state Water Project serves 29 water agencies large and small up and down california. Some are more dependant on state water than others. Two districts will be hard hit. Zone 7 gets almost all water from the state. And a Santa Clara County Water District gets 30 from state sources. And laura, lets start with you. Im high