, palo alto and much of the east bay. a lot of team coverage. michelle roberts is on the coast with a look at how el nino is taking aim at our beaches. but we begin with meteorologist rob mayeda. >> around 4:00, from union city to fremont to the tri-valley, pretty energetic showers with brief lightning. right now, things are calming down. we're looking at light to moderate rain on the commute across the golden gate bridge into marin county. the showers continue to go off to the south. down to the south bay right now, not a whole lot happening. but plenty more rain on the way. take a look at the storm lineup here. over my shoulder, we have system number one over us now. stronger storm number 2 coming in with hurricane-force winds offshore. no winds in the bay area. but we'll see from it, will be large waves heading towards the coast. the wind across the water. fans rough surf our way and more beach erosion over the weekend. as the storms add up, the coastal hills, 3 to 5 inches of rain.

ktiv's michelle shoening. she's with live link 4. michelel, looking pretty packed there? robert.. (it is standing room only as the town hall gets underway here at dordt college) the town hall is just getting underway here at dordt college. the forum will begin with colorado senator cody gardner followed by south dakota representativ e kristi noem. rubio feels the momentum after the this week's g-o-p debate. the latest nbc newsall street journal poll rubio remains in that third spot--behind frontrunners donald trump and ted cruz. the florida senator plans to touch on gun control

joins us live in the newsroom,. michelle, you were there today, what more can you tell us? robert 19-year-old trae angel was sentenced to 25 years at the south dakota state penitentiary. the courtroom was full of yankton police officers as well as the mother of trae angel. angel pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault against law enforcement, and one count aggravated assault resulting in serious bodily injury. officers attempted to take angel into custody in september when police say he assaulted two people and atteteted to carjack a womom at gunpoint. he later pointed a gun at the officers. the d-c-i concluded the shooting by officer jason foote was justified. officer foote spoke at the sentencing and said he

thanks for joining us, i'm tommie clark in for robert lowe wind, snow, and cold temperatures didn't keep people from seeing donald trump stump for support in siouxland the presidential candidate was in sioux center today. ktiv's michelle schoening joins us in studio b. michelle, you were there birght and early and you weren't the only one up at the hour to see the billionaire businessman. tommie, i was at the auditorim at 6 a-m for media check-in and