Highway 50. And obviously, you can see why a ton of snow falling here, a blizzard warning is in effect right now up in the mountains, and we have dangerous conditions for much of the sierra. Weve been warning you about this massive storm for days now. It is now here. Welcome everyone to the for this afternoon im alex savage and im heather holmes. And already weve seen a wind gust measuring about 145mph there in the tahoe basin case. Youre wondering thats the strength of a category four hurricane. And the area could see more than ten feet of snow over the next coming days. Ktvu tom vacar has been monitoring the situation in the mountains. He joins us now live with some of the impressive pictures coming out of the tahoe area. Impressive to say the least. The stars, moon and the isobars and jet streams have all aligned to whack the mountains. Extreme caution is very much advised. Once we get to sunset. Thats where things do start to get a bit more spicy. So far, mountain winds and snow ha
Revive San Franciscos halfempty shopping center. This is today in the bay. And this is also friday morning, 5 00 right now. Thanks for starting your day with us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. We begin with our top story, the recordbreaking snowfall in the sierra. Our mike inouye is tracking driving conditions, Cinthia Pimentel has a closer look at the amount of snowfall affected. First lets start with meteorologist kari hall, because youre tracking the current temps in the sierra. It is starting out with quite a bit of snow coming down and very chilly temperatures, but rain also for the bay area. As of now, were starting to get some lightning strikes as we get a closer look at the satellite radar with the storm thats moving on the coast farther to the north of the bay area. But well also have a chance of thunderstorms for today. A look at stormranger shows that we are seeing some waves of rain, most of it light to moderate, but definitely having an impact on the drive this mor
Now at to a chilling crime after an east bay man who is accused of murdering his wife and motherinlaw. After he reported them missing. Also, it is super tuesday. Were live with everything you need to know before you go on hand in your ballot today. Thank you so much for joining us here during kron. 4 news at 2 oclock this afternoon. Im Justine Waldman from the president to a replacement to the late senator Dianne Feinstein. Also local races and proposals. Kron 4 is your local election headquarters and we have you covered the super tuesday kron. 4 s Charles Clifford is live for us now in san mateo county. He is at the Voter Registration charles has been busy there to that. Yeah, its really picking up, especially here in the noon folks really start to show up on their lunch breaks. And as we head into the afternoon, more people probably come to vote when they get done with work. Lets going take a look at some video now. If you come to the Elections Office here in san mateo this afternoon
Lets start with meteorologist kari hall, tracking the Current Conditions in the sierra. A lot of snow. Its already coming down. Even though were not seeing a lot of really heavy rain in the bay area, as you go up in elevation that snow is dumping down. So were also seeing some thunderstorms developing just to our north, and we will have that chance as we go throughout today, with the waves of rain coming in and making that morning commute very soggy. Here is a look at our stormranger, our mobile doppler radar, where we are seeing the off and on showers moving through the north bay, parts of the peninsula, and right now into the trivalley as well as the south bay. What we can expect throughout the day is some spotty rain, some gusty winds, and a chance of thunderstorms, but ahead for the weekend its going to get even colder, and well have some of the showers continuing through at least sunday, and then, also, the heavy snow, with a blizzard warning now in effect through sunday, with nea
Now at 11 00 they shattered the glass completely. The protest forcing students to escape through a tunnel. Im just thinking why is this happening. And east bay police say this man had an explanation for why his wife and motherinlaw vanished until the story fell apart. Plus, the monster blizzard is gone, but try digging yourself out of eight feet of snow. From kpix this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. Hello, im sara donchey. Uc berkeley is no stranger to protests and demonstrations. In fact, theyve been part of Campus Culture for decades. But a group of israeli students says one demonstration got scary fast when protesters broke down the door of their oncampus event. Our itay hod spoke with a student who was forced underground to escape. I saw a girl get grabbed by the neck and shoved. I saw my friend get spat at. And i saw just how much anger and hatred they had towards us at this moment. Reporter for about half an hour last week, sharon, a 19yearold berkeley s