It is friday, 6 a. M. Im jenelle wang in for kristen. Im eric thomas. Its still friday. Still sounds good. But you can expect slick streets as you head out this morning. Look like the rain isnt going away anytime soon. Lets get more from meteorologist mike nicco. Hey, mike. Two systems. Falling apart trying to push through the rest of the bay. Thats why live doppler is picking up light radar returns. Blue is about as low as the return gets and still moisture to reach the ground. Six hundredths in santa rosa, 3 hundredths in San Francisco. You can see the bulk of the stronger storms moving away from us. So well have scattered showers in the forecast for today. But the heaviest rain is still in the forecast for tomorrow and more so on sunday. Ill have that accuweather sevenday forecast in a minute. Heres jenelle and eric with more news. Mike, thanks so much. Less than 24 hours he hosted several events, met with Silicon Valley big wigs and raised an estimated 1. 8 million for democrats. A
About the legalization of marijuana but our story is about how and where its being grown. Many growers are trespassing on parks and tribal land using highly toxic pesticides to grow pot. The effects are real and deadly. Flying high above some of the countrys most wellknown national parks, sequoia and kings canyon south of yosemite. Look closely and youll see it. Thousands of acres on or near u. S. Forest service land used as marijuana grow sites. Its a huge problem, almost an epidemic in our community. With destructive effects. And now goes beyond the politics of pot. What we know is there is a massive use of toxic cants out there. I know theyre specifically targeting animals. Anything that can kill a bear can kill me, as well. Its how theyre doing it thats wreaking havoc on some of californias rarest species and precious resources. Here is well over 1,000 pounds of marijuana. This is the new ground zero for marijuana cultivation in california. So far this year, the Sheriffs Department
a massive blast tore down the walls of one building but the metal-held reactor corey mains intact. four workers are dead though and still major concerns about the reactor leaking radiation. the pressure in the reactor is decreasing. evacuations though have been ordered for 12 miles around the plant. the official death toll from friday s quake is 574 with 600 missing and at least 1100 injured. rob nelson begins our coverage. as rescuers search frantically for survivors and fires burn out of control, an explosion rocks a nuclear power plan facing a possible meltdown. footage showed the crumbled remains of one building and puffs of smoke spewing out of the plant. this is not good news. if the containment structure has indeed collapsed, that would mean a complete exposure to the core to the outside air, loss of the cool yant and meltdown. there is good news. a woman and a young child pulled alive from the rubble. the 8.9 magnitude monster quake struck japan friday afternoon
i m jenelle wang. thanks for joining us. the latest from japan after the earthquake and tsunami. an explosion rocked a nuclear power plant today after authorities warned of a possible reactor core meltdown. this shows the massive blast that tore down the walls of the building but a japanese government spokesman says the metal container sheltering the reactor was not affected. the pressure is decreasing but four workers are dead and there s still major concerns about the reactor leaking large amounts of radiation. the evacuation has been ordered 12 miles around the plan. the death toll is 574 and rising. nearly 600 people are missing with at least 1100 injured. rob nelson begins our coverage. as rescuers search frantically and fires burn out of control, explosions rock a nuclear power plant facing a possible meltdown. the crumbled remains of one building and puffs of smoke spewing out of the plant. this is not good news. if the containment structure has indeed collapsed, t
fast. people in half moon bay took the warning to get to higher ground seriously. many drove up highway 92, a mass exodus created a traffic backup that looked like a parking lot on skyline. live pictures from sky 7 hd over santa cruz where it appears to be calm at this moment. but there is extensive damage to boats here and some of the docks as well. the latest developments now in our team coverage to the bay area s response to japan. live in santa cruz. well, there are several road closures around this area, kristen. also the beach boardwalk and wharf behind me are closed and the damage it mounting. take a look at this dramatic video from sky 7. we have had several tsunami surges come into the yacht harbor. the first before 8:00 this morning and the damage as you can see is pretty significant. at least five boats are sunk. many are slammed into the dock by these tide changes. pieces of pilings are floating in the water and being sucked out to sea. a lot of this damag