Sunny day. Not even close. San Francisco Bay is choppy. Storm drains open for business. Tree tops dancing all hours of the day and folks in headlands are trying to hold on. We almost flew over. Yeah, it was pretty scary. It is a nice view, right . Oh, its beautiful. And you know, the weather is weather, you just enjoy it, wear a jacket and enjoy. A familiar sound out in lucas valley. At 1 30, sarah says she was at home. Suddenly a crash. A douglas fir came downright on her roof, just above her daughters room. Once i saw this, and then dashed outside to the street and saw it was all just leaning. It looks like we have about 50, 60mile an hour gusts out here. Tree masters was given a task of getting that tree into the chipper and its not the only one, this tree needs to be chopped up. This is just day one of what is expected to be a long, wet weekend. If the wind keeps up, well get more calls. And should mention that pg e crews are over the north bay responding to more than a thousand outages and gasia, just like tree masters, they are all going to have a very long night. Yeah, so mike, im thinking about all those trees down. Is the homeowner responsible for picking up the cost . Does Home Insurance help at all and how much does that clean up run, anyway . Parted of it is what you mentioned. It depends on if you have insurance. We could use that in san rafael as an example. She was covered and the gentleman who works for tree masters, he says this tree, and again, it depends on the size of the tree. 1400 to 1500. Her insurance is going to pick it up. One of the reasons is because that tree landed on her structure. If the tree did not land on the structure and say in her front yard, her insurance more than likely is not going to pick up that tab. That 1400 or 1500 will be on the homeowner. Thank you so much. Check back in later. Okay. The rain is definitely affecting the eventing commute. Interstate 80 has been jammed up since 4 00 this afternoon, and right now, you see live pictures. It is still very busy in both directions, the taillights are headed north toward berkeley, and richmond. Ktvus sal is here tonight. Sal, i80 is really bad. What about other parts of the bay area . I imagine its the same thing. Yeah, really the worst, frank, is 101, San Francisco, we would like to show it to you, but the fog or the clouds have actually taken over that camera. I can show you also the south bay is doing pretty slow poorly. Look at all the road sensors here. 280, 101, 85, they are all very slow trying to get out of the valley. And out toward the southern part of san jose. Also want to show you interstate 880. You can tell our camera is kind of moving back and forth. This is on top of the large building here in oakland and its going to be very, very slow. So please give yourself extra time. We cannot show you 101, but 101 in San Francisco is backed up almost all the way to candle stick park. So please, give yourself plenty of time. If youre expecting someone, they will be a lit million late, i think, and Public Transit systems are doing all right. Lets go back to you. It will be a rough commute. It already is a rough commute. Stay patient. Sal in our traffic center. Downed power lines carrying 12,000 volts of electricity trapped her mom in the north bay. Driving out to take my kids bowling, because our power was out. Some electrical wires fell on top of us as we were driving. It happened east, as you can see the power lines wrapped around their mini van. The mom says she stays inside the car in case of live wires. The wires started arking and causing a fire in front of us. And my children started peeking out. Wanted to make sure somebody was coming. But mom and kids were all right. Pg e got there within an hour, and removed them from the car. The family then decided to maybe skip the bowling and instead, go and get some cell bra celebrating ice cream. Contra costa county had problems this afternoon with high winds and rain. Ktvus Paul Chambers in alamo where trees are down and fences were blown over. Paul, what is it like right now . Frank, we are the Weather Authority and our meteorologist called it right on the nose. The high wind, as you can see, the rain is coming down. Perfect recipe for damage. Let me show you right here. Part of the tree that came down earlier is right here in this parking spot. Im telling you, heres some video from earlier. High winds had these trees swirling around in alamo. As the storm blew through, trees came down. One blocked the roadway for several hours taking out power lines and leaving people stranded, preventing them from returning home. There was more damage at a strip mall where firefighters had to use a chain saw to take apart a tree, which landed on a few cars in this parking lot. Luckily, no one was hurt and surprisingly, it doesnt appear the tree did any major damage to the vehicles. Also, there was a fence that was torn apart and you can see, an officer had to go out and pick up pieces of the fence in the roadway. A woman said part of the fence landed on her car. Part of it took out more power lines. Now i just checked with pg e and theres three outages. And its affecting just over 50 people. Frank. And more rain on the way, Paul Chambers in alamo. It didnt take long for problems to pop up as well. There were two different crashes on highway 17. Ktvus ed ruben spoke with one mom who was in her car with her children when a tree came down on the hood. Well, liz actually works in insurance. Today she had to file her own claim when a tree came crashing down on her car. Now it happened on glenn arbor road. When she was taking two of her kids to school. They heard a sound they thought was thunder and then saw the redwood fall and shattered their windows and crushed the hood of their car. It took down power lines and blocked the street. Had she pulled up further, the tree would have caused more damage. She says she was most worried about her children and was amazed to find that no one in the car was hurt. And then i felt this heat on my body and im like, oh my god, i bet im bleeding. We didnt have one scratch. Nothing. And all that heat was, my coffee. It spilled all over me. I can live with this, you know. The high winds quickly gave way to slick roads in the santa cruz mountains. That meant several spinout accidents along highway 17. One of them ended up backing up traffic for several miles. Gasia. She and her children are all right. Thank you, ann. Well be bringing you live updates on this storm and can the traffic outside as the conditions continue to change. Keep in mind, our coverage continues throughout the next 90 minutes. 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Kfc popcorn nuggets. 100 white meat, extra crispy, and made from the worlds best chicken. Try our kfc bucket and popcorn nuggets meal. These dont even come with a toy and i dont care. We are keeping an eye on the storm for you as it moves through. Watching traffic out there as the evening commute is a wet one tonight as we can see here from Storm Tracker 2. A lot of green, a lot of yellow across the heart of the bay area. Lets take a peek now at whats happening elsewhere in the bay. We see here from interstate 880, the roads are wet and traffic is slow in both directions. That is southbound 880 with the headlights coming toward us. Northbound is also bad at this hour. Again, roads wet out there. You can tell by the way our camera is shaking. Its very windy. That is double trouble for drivers, a lot of people keeping their hands in the 102 position. If your windshield wipers are on, your lights are on as well. Power outages. At this point here in the bay area, we learn there are still almost 15,000 customers without power. The bulk of those are in the north and the east bay, we are showing you the numbers there. Pg e says it has more than 1100 workers dedicated to getting power back on. Well be checking back in with bill and sal throughout this newscast. Now to the on going labor dispute between long shore workers and the Pacific Maritime association. It took an ominous turn this afternoon. It sure did. Ktvus tom vacar is in alameda across from the port of oakland. And tom, we learned today that this is going to a whole new level. There will be a temporary lockout at ports up and down the coast this weekend. Indeed, thats the kind of in your face posturing that could lead to something ugly. A very long port shutdown. This afternoon, the Pacific Maritime association, the 70 Member Companies and Port Terminal operators announced this weekend, loading and unloading of containerships will not take place at any of the ports, including oakland. These slowdowns are having the same result as a worker strike. Except workers are getting a paycheck. The slow downs need to stop. The terminals cannot withstand anymore. We are truly close to gridlock. The pma says it has no intention of paying workers time and half wages for slowed down work. This is a Shocking Development to have the Companies Close the ports down on the weekend in the middle of this congestion mess that has been affecting customers for the better part of 2014, really. Is a real blow, and it is shocking. Its irresponsible. This is a form of economic terrorism. The pma says it will allow work to go on away from the ships to remove long delayed freight for anxiously awaiting customers. Something long shoreman dont seem to be buying. I dont think you can gloss this up and say there will be something going on. Those are going to be closed. The Companies Made that clear. The work is scheduled for monday morning right now. Negotiations according to the pma are still far apart on crucial issues, including pay. The pma concluded the latest offer is as far as we can go at this point. Now so much is at stake nationwide. Millions of jobs, trillions of dollars and a significant hit to the u. S. Economy, we will let you know what happens the minute that we find out that it happens. Reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. So, tom, all those cargo ships just sitting out there, they are essentially going to just keep on sitting out there. Well, the problem is, that most of the fleet that supplies cargo between asia and the united states, west coast, most of those ships are pretty much jammed up either in the bay or other ports along the ocean or at dock side and really not moving. Once you get to the point where virtually all are here, you have a selfimposed shutdown and that could happen any time within the next few days. And tom, whats it going to take for the president to get involved . If the port is shut down officially, then the president can invoke the taste hartly act. An 80 day cooling off period at which time we would go back to the status quo. In very few cases does it get beyond that. But the reality of the situation is, and the not too distant future, the president of the united states, as george bush did, in 2002, would have to put that into effect. So much at stake here. Tom vacar in alameda across from the port of oakland tonight, tom, thank you. The Measles Outbreak closed the university of california taking action. But in the future, today they announced they will require students to have measles vaccinations. All will need immunizations for mumps, and whooping cough. Right now, the uc system only requires hepatitis b. Some individual campuses have other additional requirements. Its a case even police find baffling. The Coroners Department says a 14yearold girl from san jose died following a bizarre hit andrun crash on wednesday involving a car and a garbage truck. The hitandrun happened at the intersection of millpedis boulevard. Police found the car involved in a residential neighborhood where they found a body next to it. Azna smith is in that neighborhood. This is such a strange case. Reporter well, frank, there are a lot of Unanswered Questions and police need the publics help with this. These two candles right here mark the spot where the girl died. Exactly how she died is a big unknown at this time. Its a horrible accident. I didnt find out until this morning the age of the victim, and i think that could have been my daughter. Police say what happened wednesday morning in the quiet neighborhood is tragic. But what is even more tragic, the circumstances surrounding the death of Cynthia Ramirez of san jose. This whole case, it is strange to us, we are still working on all the details of what happened. Around 3 30 in the morning, a garbage truck driver called 911, saying he had been involved in a hitandrun accident. Police followed the trail, leading them here to coyote street less than a mile away. There police found a heavily damaged cadillac, truck on fire. Outside the car, a body. Investigators first thought to be a woman, actually a young girl, not old enough to drive. A lot of stuff does not add up. We recognize that and we are still actively trying to put the pieces together. To figure out what happened, time lines, how many people were in the car. Was she the only person in the car . Police wouldnt say who the car was registered to, other than they are in the process of finding out. The girls injuries consistent to being in a major car crash. How she ended up being inside that car are the big questions. The one thing that could have helped, ktvu learned trust the cameras at that major intersection dont work and havent been replaced due to budget woes. Too bad. Really . Oh my goodness. Thats even worse. So, im still traumatized. Just as puzzled are neighbors. He says nothing like this has ever happened before. Just curious as to how the story really unfolded. And why there was such severe why there was such a severe consequence. Were told police are asking neighbors for their surveillance videos. Police note someone must know who was driving. Anyone who knows information is asked to contact police. Live, ktvu fox 2 news. Federal government today announced that financial help is on its way to drought stricken california. Governor jerry brown met with the u. S. Secretary of the interior in sacramento. She says the federal government is sending 50 million to respond to the severe drought that is affecting western states. 29million of them will be coming to california to help water districts and water users increase efficiency and conservation of available water. Not only are we getting that money, we are also getting a lot of rain. We want to bring in bill martin. Is this the heaviest rain we will see right now . Yeah, the heaviest rain is occurring right now in the heart of the afternoon commute. Its getting hammered out there, especially the fremont area, san jose starting to see heavy rain as well. And of course, its that timing. We have sal in here. The drive, i dont know how the traffic is, but the roads are real wet. Especially south of San Francisco. Lets take a peek. You can see that line, the strong showers. This is the band right in here. This is the last real powerful band going through. At least in the next 24 hours. But it is right on us, right in the afternoon commute. Theres pleasantton, youre getting hammered out here. We have heavy rain around richmond as well. The Richmond San Rafael bridge. Look what happened up here. We have mike up in the north bay. You saw him earlier, starting to back out of here. So the major downpours are moving south of the area. At least out of the north bay. Hayward right now, youre getting hammered. Redwood city, fremont, youre getting rain. Look at out on 580 and 880, lots of rain falling. This is always slow anyway. This area, this time of night. But given the heavy rain fall, rain fall rates as we pointed out already, in some of these cells like by pleasantton. An inch an hour. That is significant rain. That is what you find in a tropical storm. A lot of rain coming down. 61 towards livermore. Heavy rain right now. We take a look at the valley. West menlo park, its coming down there as well. Lets check the rain fall rates. 37. Rain fall rates are a big deal. We see a back edge to this system, but the rain fall rates really just, the amount to the most pooling of water on the roadways and cause the most problems for folks running into puddles. Last rain was december 24. Rain today, so its been 43 day run without rain fall. That was a record, last time rain went that long it was 1876. The second longest dry spell we had in california history. 1849. That goes back to the gold rush. Heaviest rain, this is storm number two. Heaviest rain will be in the north bay. A repeat of what we had today. 3 4 of an inch to 3inch os f rain around the bay area. Not as windy as it was today. The wind is really blowing. Computer model shows us tonight, some more scattered showers. More showers as we head into saturday morning, but your saturday, doesnt look half bad. A few sprinkles out there. But you may get away with it. If you have a soccer game, you may get away with it. Sunday morning, heres storm number two. Thats what we will focus on now, once we get through this afternoon commute. Storm number two, which is really going to bring a producer of more rain, maybe some thunder and lightning. Its all good, good news. Some areas of north bay have seen over a half foot of rain already. Just north of santa rosa. Its getting hammered over there. Wouldnt you know the as are holding their fan fest on sunday. Giants are tomorrow. Thanks, bill. The reigning world series champs are back and they are ready for the season ahead. My goal is to win championships. Hes no