Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. A Flash Flood Watch for parts of the bay area right now. And get ready. Even more rain is on the way. We have your complete storm coverage. But first, breaking news after six months without a chief of police. Oakland has just hired this woman to head that citys troubled department. Kpix5 broke the news first. And joe vasquez is outside opd right now with what we know about oaklands first female top cop. Joe . Reporter all right liz, we started getting word out of chicago this evening and we were able to come firm with sources here in oakland that this city is about to get its new top cop. Ann kirkpatrick from the Chicago Police department is the new police chief according to sources in the bay area. Mayor libby schaaf plans to make the announcement tomorrow morning following a series of meetings. Kirkpatrick was the head of development in the Chicago Police Department June of last year, before that, 2012 to 2014. She was the chie
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. A Flash Flood Watch for parts of the bay area right now. And get ready. Even more rain is on the way. We have your complete storm coverage. But first, breaking news after six months without a chief of police. Oakland has just hired this woman to head that citys troubled department. Kpix5 broke the news first. And joe vasquez is outside opd right now with what we know about oaklands first female top cop. Joe . Reporter all right liz, we started getting word out of chicago this evening and we were able to come firm with sources here in oakland that this city is about to get its new top cop. Ann kirkpatrick from the Chicago Police department is the new police chief according to sources in the bay area. Mayor libby schaaf plans to make the announcement tomorrow morning following a series of meetings. Kirkpatrick was the head of development in the Chicago Police Department June of last year, before that, 2012 to 2014. She was the chie
Just getting hammered this morning from walnut creek through san ramon. That 580 680 corridor from dublinpleasanton, look at san leandro right now with some heavy rain oakland into grizzly peak with winds up to 40 miles an hour in the highest elevations. San jose youre saying what rain . Sunnyvale . No rain yet. But we have plenty of rain around the peninsula, around South San Francisco near sfo and foster city. Heavy rain at this particular time in the wake of the area of low pressure. A break in the Santa Cruz Mountains but you will have more rain before its over. This area of low pressure is tapping into subtropical moisture that trains all the way back to the hawaiian islands. A lot of rain in a short amount of time means we have a Flash Flood Watch in effect for the Santa Cruz Mountains, the soberanes and chimney fire burn areas the yellow highlighted area. Blue is our entire bay area. We have a Flash Flood Watch for actually an advisory in effect which means heads up. You could s
Tapping into subtropical moisture. As it does so we have the flooding rains and therefore, that Flash Flood Watch remains in effect in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Primarily the soberanes and chimney fire burn scar areas. But wait when you see that blue highlighted area, thats a flash flood advisory for all of us which means as you head out you will have some areas of ponding on the roads and sidewalks. Sfo, we know were going to have delays on some arriving flights. Well keep you posted on that. Currently its balmy in the 50s. And the moisture is being driven by a south wind. They will be 10 to 20 later today temperatures in the 50s. Well talk more about the incoming flooding rains we anticipate for the weekend. But first heres michelle. Thank you. With sheets of rain pouring down in some spots drivers need to be alert during the morning commute. Kpix 5s maria medina is live in the discuss mountains where there are big problems from the in the Santa Cruz Mountains where there are big pro
Dealing back. But this is a very vigorous area of low pressure thats subtropical moisture so we have those big fat heavy raindrops. We still because of that have that Flash Flood Warning in effect for let me get out of the way here, that red highlighted area and thats the soberanes and chimney fire burn scar areas. Santa cruz mountains we have a watch and for the entire bay area, we are now allowing the advisory to expire. However, you can anticipate some ponding on the sidewalks and hydroplaning on the roads. This is sfo we are seeing a little fog settle in mild temperatures between 51 and 57 degrees. The winds have been dialing back. They will be sustained today west 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour. Maybe a gust to 20 but thats about it. Meanwhile, todays high temperatures into the 50s. We are looking ahead thursday, friday muchneeded drying out days because we have the potential of a half a foot of rain over the weekend in San Francisco alone. We are going to track that incoming system that