And a latch of light shower activity down through south city and half moon bay. But we head eastward, its quiet for you in the east bay but that will be changing. You will have light rain and the winds picking up ahead of the system. Around watsonville looking at a few showers, gilroy, highway 101 and into the mountains, as well. We widen the view and this is what we are expecting today a couple jet streaks and Energy Offshore that will not only bring us rain, heavy winds, possible flooding, all come in at the same time this he evening. Temperatures in the low 60s right now. 59 Mountain View. So weve had the breezy winds and on our storm impact scale, which we rank the storms from a 1 to 5, this is a 3. The third time weve seen a 3 all season long, which indicates anywhere from 1 to 2 inches of rain in the lower elevations, two to four in the hills and gusts to over 50 mills. Heres the wind advisory right now. You will notice that it goes into effect noontime until 11 00. We so are looking at the heavier rain coming in afternoon. Ill time it for you. Its going to last through the evening hours and we will talk about a wet sunday, as well, coming up in a few minutes. Cornell. Thank you. Brace for it. And as lisa said, the most powerful storm of the year so far will bear down in the bay area later today and along with it gusty winds. Tiffany wilson is live in pacifica where residents on the coast will definitely feel the intensity of this storm. Stephanie. Yes. They certainly will, cornell. We are standing right next to the seawall. The occasional wave is crashing over. I know you were out here last night and you saw the same innings this. Winds are expected to increase later on in the day. Right now its pretty calm. Just a little bit of drizzle, not even worth mentioning. But as one boater told us, its certainly fixes to get ugly. And overnight there was a Small Craft Advisory at harbor. We found some boats were adding extra bumper buoys and ceiling up everything last night. There are massive waves, but the powerful swells continue to erode coastal homes and properties, compromise bid earlier storms this season. Weve had more rain and wind, higher swells than the past two or three years. And not having access to the crab this year during the winter has definitely compounded that. The coast guard and local Fire Departments are asking all coastal residents to tie anything down that could take off in the wind, including surf boards and kayaks because sometimes if those get dragged out into the ocean, they can trigger false alarm and emergency crews try to make a rescue when its just a surfboard being swept out into the waves. Keep that in mind as the storm approaches. Tiffany wilson, abc7 news. Stay safe out there, tiffany. Ice not just the rain that makes the storm powerful, strong, gusty winds can make innings this dangerous in your own backyard. There are droughtdamaged trees vulnerable to the saturated ground. Keeping trees trimmed in the parks is a 365 day a year job, not just when the storm is here. The wind will come up and move the tree just a little bit, and sometimes the weakened roots cant take the extra pressure. And it may be too late before this weekends storms, but arborists advise people to trim their trees so they he dont fall on to cars or homes. In the north bay steady rain fell throughout the night. Residents say they are used to the usual problems but note innings this can change in an instant. Melanie woodrow explains. As the rain came down in san rafael. People outside who sold food didnt seem to mind. Gosh, no. They have an awning so that works out well. A little rain now with a lot more on the rain. I hear a big storm is coming. The heaviest rain is expected saturday night. Southern marin Fire District spent the day doing community outreach. The concern is trees down and wires down. And with those words came the call. The engine and rescue and going to be dispatched to a tree down in our district. Firefighters added caution tape around this tree in mill valley with the trunk split so high up they say they will need a bucket truck to cut it. A scene that could repeat itself this weekend. Abc7 news. Roads are slippery and covered in snow in the sierra, too. You are looking at kingville. This weekend the highest elevations could see up to three feet of snow. Because of this weekends storm, San Francisco is opening up two emergency popup shelters that can hold up to 200 homeless men and women. First shelter is at the county fair building, a hall of flowers on 9th avenue. It is open at noon and cannot hold pets. The second is on grove street and opens at 2 00 p. M. And pets are allowed there. They can provide transportation to those who need a ride there. Sandbags will be handed out on cesar chavez street today from 8 2. And you can track the Weather Information and receive push alerts. We also have the source to help you plan for the storms on abc7news. Com elnino. Abc7 news learned radios went down for 1 is minutes friday night around 11 30 p. M. Officers had to rely on cell phones to communicate with each other and dispatchers. The cause of the outage, not known. Today there is a war of roads between the Santa Clara County sheriff and the head of a Blue Ribbon Commission looking into conduct at her jails. The sheriff is incensed at a retired judge calling her comments insulting, if not illegal. Katiekatie marzullo has that. First came the cameras. The sheriff often with her own money and had them installed thursday. Thursday they captured this fight. The chair of the Jail Reform Commission has commented in the media the fight could have been avoided if those particular inmates hadnt been allowed to mingle. The sheriff took offense and made her own statement. Its a lie, its dishonest. She wrote her ownler. I was clear in my statement officers that if the officers new if the inmates on 4a didnt get along with each other, then it wouldnt make sense to have them let let out at the same time. Sheriff, me think you dost protest too much. Sheriff said cordell is wrong. We do not separate base on race or ethnicity because it is illegal to do that. Cardell is asking for an expert to review the fight. Abc7 news. Someone is a i caused of stealing someones identity and going on a shopping spree. The picture from late january shows him with a shopping cart pull full of items. He opened early Bank Accounts in someone elses name and used the accounts to fund his shopping lists. There are five confirmed cases of zika in the bay area. One case was reported friday and contra cast two reported two, all which were acquired during travel to south and central america. The virus is usually spread by mosquitoes, but researchers have also identified zika cases transmitted through sexual intercourse. Its been a devastating crab season for bay area fishermen but help may be on the way. Abc7 news was at fishermens wharf as a Disaster Relief bill was introduced. It would give the track industry 138 million in federal aid but first the federal government has to issue a disaster declaration which could mean monthsfs wait are for the fisher mep. Pretty desperate times right now. Bad salmon, no crab. We are doing the best to hang on. The bill also includes 6 million in monitoring and research on the toxic allergy bloom that cancelled crab season. Lisa argen is keeping a close eye on a major storm set to arrive in the bay area later today. Thats right. We had a good start, anywhere from over a halfinch to an inch in spots. We will right rain. Its 59 degrees in San Francisco. Breezy out there. Low 50s from hayward and fremont in san jose. Mild air out ahead of a strong storm system that heads our way this afternoon but we have rain before the main impact and winds kicking up. Ill time it all out for you next. All right, lisa. Also the mysterious mechanic an cal problem thats made a bart ride missable. And a knife found at the former broadway home of the home of o. J. Simpson. What the ive been blind since birth. I go through periods where its hard to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. Learn about non24 by calling 8448442424. Or visit my24info. Com. I want to show you some cutting edge technology. This is a vhs tape. Push that tape in and hit play. This is a flip phone. Have you seen these before . Its called a compact disc. Oh. Looks like were getting a facsimile. What year is it to you . Its old. Youd rather use Newer Technology . Definitely. Well, ive got something to show you. This is the 2016 chevy volt. It uses extended range electric technology. 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We are still trying to figure out exactly what caused it. Weve been major inspections, looked at the third rail, the tracks. Found nothing. Bart expects to have all the cars repaired and back in service by monday. In west oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. So what are your thoughts on barts crowded trains . We want to hear from you like we about did on the 2013 bart strike. Share your comments with us on social media by tagging them with the dearbart. The state has collected a lot less from gas taxes, money aimed at funding 225 shovelready projects. It includes many in the bay area. The widening of the highway 4 at the 680 interchange, and highway 102 project and these projects and many more could be delayed or outride cancelled. Its a finding that sent shockwaves across the country. A double murder more than 20 years ago. Police are testing a bloodstained knife found at o. J. Simpsons former estate. Not guilty of the crime of murder. The o. J. Simpson trial was settled decades ago. A new twist. Regarding an alleged knife that may have been recovered, possibly in connection with the o. J. Simpson case. The Los Angeles Police department saying the naive was allegedly found by a construction worker on o. J. Simpsons property in the late 1990s. The estate was demolished in 1988. They said this knife is now being carefully scanned for possible dna evidence, which could take weeks. An lapd officer now retired was allegedly given the knife by the construction worker and held on to it for 18 years. Oj simpson was acquitted of murder charges in the 1994 stabbing deaths of nicole seem son and her friend, rob goldman. Simpson continues to claim hes innocent. Whoa, slow down here. Many tv people reliving it in a mini series, the people v o. J. Simpson. And now talking about the knife. I hope they test it and i hope it turns out to be the weapon. It would be one more nail in simpsons coffin. What it means . Double jeopardy. You can never try o. J. Simpson again. They said over the years investigators looked up to 150 knives. None of them found to be the weapon. Abc news, los angeles. Late last night Los Angeles Police said the knife is likely not the weapon used to kill nicole brown and simpson and ron goldman. Police say the real murder weapon was a bit larger a dance competition that could launch hundreds of dreams is taking place in San Francisco this weekend. Abc7 news at the palace of fine arts as ballet dancers from all over north america audition for youth america graynd bring. Its the Worlds Largest dance competition. The dancers range in age from 9 do 19 years of age. You have to have the right technique, you have to have the right visualappearance, and you also have to be determined. I guess im out of the competition. The dancers selected will get scholarships to the top ballet schools in london, paris, berlin and new york. And we are tracking a storm, el nino making a big comeback this weekend. Definitely. We have rain, wind, possible urban and small stream flooding to talk about. This one today is our stronger one. As we take a look at live doppler 7hd we will take you through it throughout the entire weekend. We have more to come next week. Take a look at all the rain along the coast of the north bay. We have a few light showers in San Francisco. The east bay is quiet. But as we go in closer you will notice some of this is a pretty good moderate rain from guerneville to bodega bay. Over highway 101 things are quiet. In San Francisco light rain down through highway 101 and 280. Once again, quiet conditions, 580 and 680. Further south morgan hill, salinas, activity down through monterey. Offshore these two bright white elements is going to what is going to come together and bring very heavy rain, gusty winds throughout the entire day today, focus mainly throughout the early evening hours but we will tame it out for you. This is a three on the storm impact scale. Over 4 inches possible for the hills and gusts up to perhaps 50 Miles Per Hour. Winds right now out of the south anywhere from about 5 to 15 Miles Per Hour. Keeping it mild out there. You have heard it, its a little on the muggy side. 62 oakland. Good morning. San jose is 51. 57 half moon bay, and a look from our exploratorium camera pier15. 60 livermore. Finally from our sutro tower camera, heres what we can expect. The strongest storm of the year today. This will be our third system that ranks a 3 on the storm impact scale. A moderate storm tomorrow with a chance of thunderstorms. That one a little bit everyone did. But as for today, as we go through the 9 00 hour, hook how the winds crank up on the coast. Look at the colors. Heres yellow. 30mileanhour winds this afternoon. Look at after the front comes through in the evening hours. The winds continue up to 40, 50 Miles Per Hour and quickly after the front pass things begin to pass down. The strongest wind gusts anywhere from 4 00 to 6 00 here in San Francisco highlighted in the red. But notice even in the afternoon hours we are still looking at some pretty breezy conditions. We have a Flash Flood Watch for the burn area in lake county. The possibility of debris flows from this evening to tomorrow. 6 00 today notice the showers, by 120 00 in the morning look what happens to the north bay across the bay area. Through 11 00 we have moderate rain and then it just continues to pick up. 2 00 ahead of the front, 3 00, 4 00, we have moderate to heavy rain. Then look what happens right here as the front comes through. And with this the winds had be gusting 30, 40, even 50 Miles Per Hour. In San Francisco rainfall intensity cranks up after 6 00 into the 8 00 hour. Our storm impact scale ranks 2 for your Second System for the second half of your weekend. We peck it up into tomorrow morning. Light showers. Its a quieter day. We will see a chance of thunderstorms, but then once again sunday night, 11 00, we are look at some very heavy rain. Im going to stop this here. Tonight over an inch and a half in San Francisco and oakland. Then by monday afternoon we have over three inches in the north bay, hayward three and three quarters in Mountain View. Winter storm warning through 4 00 p. M. Monday. Up to three feet in kirkwood, and other areas 2 feet. Mid60s. Very heavy rain headed our way. The accuweather sevenday forecast we go from a about a 3 to a 2 and then to a 1. And thencranking up by the end of the work week. I cant believe how warm and humid the storm is too. Yeah, eats got a lot of juice in it. Thank you. Up next, north bay fam when i was sidelined with blood clots in my lung,h. It was serious. Fortunately, my doctor had a game plan. Treatment with xarelto®. Hey guys hey, finally, somebody i can look up to. Besides arnie. Xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. 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