creating a whirlpool effect. >>> two earthquakes hit southern california, the first happened late last night near loma linda, a 3.6 magnitude quake. the second one happened minutes later near banning. this one was a 3.0 magnitude. and there haven't been any reports of any damage. >>> the holdup on electrification, cal train officials are in washington, d.c. today. coming up, their pitch to the trump administration. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ plan now in a holding pattern. there is a team of local leaders in washington d-c today, trying >>> i'm anne makovec with more on the cal train electrification plan now in a holding pattern. there is a team of local leaders in washington, d.c. today, trying to persuade the feds to funds. it we are talking about a massive cal train project to convert the commuter train system from diesel fuel, to electric power. before construction can start though, cal train needs a commitment of almost $650 million from the feds, and the secretary of transportation delayed the grant decision until later this spring. and in the meantime, the trump administ

spillway is open, creating a whirlpool effect. >> isn't that a sight to behold? i have not seen anything like that in 10 years. it made the dam a tourist spot after that. take a look at this, our live weather camera, looking out from the transamerica pyramid in an easterly direction. you can even see the island, can you see it there? just to the side of the embarcadero. i think i could even hear the parents this afternoon. temperatures up to 70 in redwood city and in livermore, 73. in san jose, upper 60s, and in santa rosa. weather watchers time, robert sullivan reporting 70, and charlie says it is 70 degrees as well, so we are pretty uniform as far as numbers are concerned, changes, area of low pressure to the north of us, bringing rain showers across the northwest corner of the state. clouds quickly filling in as a huge ridge of high pressure bringing us the near record warmth, taking it in a south easterly direction, for the evening commute, inland a good 45 miles in the evening hours, by lunchtime, it is the to the north of us that invade the bay area, science wiping the nor

certain level the spillway creates this whirlpool effect. >> isn't that something. sky drone 5 put to good use. >>> there is rain on the way for the bay area. we will have the complete forecast coming up. >> also coming up new at 6:00 p.m. tonight, a sporty plane that could park in your driveway and it is made in northern california. how it is helping more people experience the fun of flying. >> but first, the markets closed down today. the closing numbers from wall street. it's not ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, congress recently passed a law . >>> it is not a snow park but people were sledding outside the u.s. capital building today. sledding is legal there. ends the ban. looks like a lot of fun. [ talking at the same time ] >> scott: passing a law to make sledding okay -- >> they got the day off today because of the blizzard. you know how much snow -- [ talking at the same time ] >> less than 2 inches -- >> a lot of people got rain. >> feds got the day off and here we are sweltering. >> don't complain. >> mostly clear skies. concord 78. oakland 73. livermore 81. in san francisco 70 degree

whirlpool effect. >>> first time since 2006 it has gotten that high. it is about a foot above the drain. we will see how long it takes them to lower the level of the lake. in the meantime, looking at coit tower in the distance. it has been there since 1933. thank you lillian hitch coitful overnight lows, sun up tomorrow morning at 7:20 a.m. from high atop the west coast, high pressure finally subsides into the desert southwest. high goes down, low comes down. and, as a result, the clouds will be up tomorrow. less sunshine. temperatures plummet about 10 degrees over today's highs. coming down 10 degrees will be above average tomorrow still. high clouds spill in advance of a weak system that will send first a little gauze of moisture over the north bay tomorrow. 24 hours from now, straight to the north bay. for the rest of us, just clouds. here is thursday at noon. not as much sun as we have had lately. so coast and bay fog tonight. clouds wednesday. a little bit of a chance for a sprinkle or two. tahoe is looking good. they will get increasing clouds as well. the clouds will bring us abo