>> winds just came up a little while ago. so yeah, very nice. >> reporter: you don't seem to mind it? >> i love the rain. i'm going walking. >> reporter: several bay area bridges had high wind advisories and while the north bay was hit with the most rain, this creek that flows through san anselmo is still low. so flooding in years past isn't a concern. and for some, rain is good for work, like roofing work. >> well, you find how whose roofs are failing and what roofs are holding and how everything is working out. >> reporter: spring officially starts march 20th. so winter still has another few days to make up for lost time. >> the weather is just being kind of on and off. it was really hot and sunny last week, and this week it's just a lot colder and rainy and just kind of unusual. >> reporter: and you can't help but smile at this bright sight when skies are gray. >> she loves the weather. loves the wind, loves the rain. makes you a happy baby, huh? [ laughter ]

>> reporter: she was cute. we did talk to the california highway patrol today, allen. they have seen a number of spinouts, of course, rules of the roadway, watch your speed because it is very slick out there, especially during the ride home. >> right. we have had such a dry spell, it's that oil that comes up when we get this first rain and this is a big one. thank you. our team coverage continues with mobile5 in the north bay. ken bastida is driving through the rain on 101 in marin county. ken. >> reporter: yeah, hi, elizabeth. well, it's just like juliette said it's very slick out here today. probably because of that oil on the roadway. that's good advice, slow down. that's what the chp says. that's the biggest problem. the other big problem out here not so much the rain today but the wind. we have had some wind holds high wind on the bay bridge, the golden gate bridge, the richmond bridge. the wind's been really a problem up there. and the wind is really blowing

down here. the good part about that is the ground is not saturated yet. so we're not losing trees into power lines and things like that but you can see these trees really blowing in marin county. you can see the wind just gusting through this area right now and traffic is heavy. here we are at 5:00 and it's pretty much stop and go already northbound 101. we're going to creep up here in a minute or so and try to get up to lucky drive and see if there is any flooding. i doubt that there's been that much rain coming down. but we have had plenty of rain in this particular part of the bay area, the north bay always gets it. roberta will have that update and tell you what's coming up ahead. i think we're stuck with this, guys, for a couple of days. so it's back to driving in, you know, wet weather again and that's something that takes a little getting used to. elizabeth? >> ken, i'm in the weather center with roberta gonzales

right now as she is tracking this storm. where are we seeing the heaviest rainfall right now? >> it's a slam-dunk the scotts valley and the santa cruz mountains 4" in 24 hours. the northern portion of the bay area around kentfield, over 3" of rain now accumulating. kind of see that by the shades of the darker green on your screen. just to the west there of san rafael into the north of mill valley. meanwhile, let's head east of the bay now, where we're seeing plentiful precipitation anywhere from walnut creek to san ramon so 680 north and south tonight, extremely slippery. but look where we have the void. even though we still have over three-hour and 15--minute delays on some arriving flights at sfo, it's not the rain that's the problem right there. it happens to be the very gusty winds, up to 31 miles per hour. san jose has recorded a trace of rain now seeing a little light rain showers moving into that area. we are still looking at two

more inches of rain from this first storm. i'll tell you where those locations are coming up later on in this newscast. >> thank you. our live hi-def interactive radar is right at your fingertips. just log on to cbssf.com and click on weather. new at 5:00, roads were wet today when a van went off an on- ramp to 680 in concord killing at least one person. he went down this embankment, hit a light, then police say landed in willow shopping center parking lot. not clear if it was the driver or the passenger who died in the accident but investigators trying to confirm whether the rain was a factor in the crash as well as speed. well, the focus of the republican presidential race squarely on the deep south tonight. two closely fought primaries in mississippi and alabama could shake up or even settle the race for the gop nomination. now, the polls have just closed in both of those contests. we are still waiting on first numbers to come in. but polls going in projected a

tight three-way race between mitt romney, newt gingrich an rick santorum. now, cbs news exit polling giving us an idea of what's important to southern voters. they say picking a candidate who can defeat president obama a top priority. the economy was the top issue for voters in both states. as the only southerner in the contest, newt gingrich needs a good showing to keep his campaign even alive. he is hoping to emerge tonight as the clear conservative alternative to mitt romney. so is rick santorum. strategists say that battle could leave both of them on the losing end. >> i think what we are really going to find over the next couple of weeks is how much is santorum and gingrich hurting each other. the early polling we have seen from these states, they are almost split right down the middle which gives mitt romney an opportunity to win one of these states. >> mitt romney well ahead in the delegate count. but he has had trouble making inroads with the christian conservatives, evangelicals. he is hoping to pull off victories tonight to show he

can win the south. investigators are trying to determine if alcohol played a role in a u.s. soldier's shooting rampage in afghanistan. today demonstrators there held their first significant protest after sunday's killings of 16 civilians. president obama assured the afghan people there will be justice. >> the killing of innocent civilians is outrageous and is unacceptable. it's not who we are as a country. and it does not represent our military. >> the taliban promises revenge for the shootings. officials say they found alcohol in the suspect as living space. but it's unclear if the u.s. soldier drank before he disappeared from his military base. fallout a day after san francisco's sheriff pleaded guilty to false imprisonment. ross mirkarimi says he can still do his job. joe vazquez on why others including the mayor aren't so sure. joe. reporter: the mayor told us today that he has received a call from the sheriff but that

hasn't returned it. he said he still wants to gather a lot more facts before he decides whether it's appropriate to have that conversation and whether it's appropriate to push the sheriff out. >> thank you, mr. mayor for being here. >> reporter: what's next for the sheriff? his former colleagues on the board of supervisors may have a major say, but this is all they're saying today. >> i'm not going to comment one way or the other. i take the advice of the city attorney very seriously. >> reporter: mayor ed lee says he is consulting with the city attorney but has not yet decided whether to begin the process of removing mirkarimi, which could involve an ethics investigation and an eventual vote by the board of supervisors. >> it's been completely torturous. >> reporter: the sheriff no longer faces charges of domestic violence. instead, he accepted a plea deal yesterday for a different charge, false imprisonment for apparently grabbing his wife's arm and leaving a bruise. >> that charge is a serious charge related to that office. >> reporter: the mayor now says

the wording of that new charge, false imprisonment, has made his decision more complicated. >> might be challenging for that office to be held with... i mean, just the word imprisonment which is part of the duties of the sheriff gives us cause to review this in specifics. >> the question is whether or not the mayor, one, feels like enough was done that warrants removal and, two, even if so, will he do it? >> reporter: political consultants say if mayor does pull the trigger and it comes down to a vote of the board of supervisors, some of mirkarimi's former colleagues may be incline to support him. but would they? >> the thing is several board members are up for re-election this year and i think supporting ross mirkarimi on the resume' could be difficult. >> reporter: sentencing phase for the sheriff is next monday. the mayor has indicated he will wait until then to make a final decision. reporting live, joe vazquez, cbs 5. coming up, dramatic home

video as first a carport then apartments go up in flames putting dozens out of their homes. >> i'm ann notarangelo in richmond. an 8-year-old boy is shot in an apparent case of road rage. what police are saying about the suspect. >> and a plane careens off a taxiway. the freak mishap that caused a jetliner to roll down an embankment. ,,,,,,

a big day on wall street. all three major indices posted their biggest gains of the year. the nasdaq hit its highest close since 2000. experts credit strong retail sales and a good report card on the financial health of some of the nation's biggest banks. an 8-year-old bay area boy is recovering from a gunshot wound after a driver opened fire on his family's car. >> child's father says it all started with a simple mistake on the road. ann notarangelo in richmond, where police are searching for the shooter. ann. >> reporter: this is another one of those reported cases of road rage that just has you

shaking your head. says he was driving his family and two children along i- 80 about 10:30 last night got off at the hilltop drive exit and says he inadvertently cut off a driver. the father then says the drive of the other car made some gestures letting everyone know he was mad and then followed the family a few blocks to the 3000 block of birmingham drive. in this residential area, the suspect car apparently drove past the family, came back around, and fired into the car. police say a shotspotter picked up several rounds. the 8-year-old boy in the car was hit. he is in the hospital. but he is said to be in good condition. >> a road rage incident leading to a shooting in any case is uncalled for, but especially when there's children in the car and a child actually gets hurt, it's unacceptable. >> reporter: a neighbor showed us where one of the bullets hit his house and says his children were pretty shaken up last night. police say the suspect was driving an older model black crown vic toria. it's not known if he was alone.

in richmond, ann notarangelo, cbs 5. other bay area headlines, this dramatic cell phone video shows why 60 people were forced out of their homes near lake merritt in oakland. this fire started about 4 a.m. this morning in a carport and burned six vehicles before spreading to the apartment building. everyone got out safely. the fire may have started in one of the cars. today animal rights activists in oakland called on state legislators to save a law protecting stray and lost animals. governor brown wants to repeal the hayden law. it requires animal shelters to keep animals at least four days before euthanizing them. the governor's office says repealing the law could save the state $46 million a year. a bay area assemblyman is leading the call to electrify caltrain. jerry hill of san mateo wants to redirect about $1.5 billion in high-speed rail bond money and then use it to put caltrain on electric power by 2019. supporters say that switch

would allow caltrain to run faster, more frequently, boosting ridership and revenue preparing up money for other -- freeing up money for other bay area agencies. getting a loan on your own. how lending clubs are allowing people to pay off credit cards and loans with lower interest rates. >> plus, living with diabetes is challenging. in tonight's healthwatch, how one young lady won't let diabetes slow her down. on the ground or way up in the air. ,,

on the runway after it rolled here's something you don't see too often, cranes were brought in to get a boeing 737 back on the runway after it rolled down an embankment at atlanta's airport. no passengers were on board at the time. and no one was hurt. mechanics were testing the engines of the plane when the brakes went out causing the plane to go off the runway. and keep an eye on your smartphone. that's the message officers are telling muni riders tonight. while overall crime on muni is down, theft is up. this afternoon, the san francisco municipal transportation agency and the san francisco police department kicked off a new awareness campaign. >> it has to do largely with devices like these where people are not being attentive with devices like these and other

people are taking advantage of that. >> officers say crimes on muni are often crimes of opportunity. more and more, borrowers are turning away from banks and, instead, asking complete strangers for money in the form of a loan. it's called peer-to-peer lending. julie watts on the consumerwatch takes a look at how that works. reporter: >> here's my list of investors. >> reporter: or as amanda hanson thinks of them the people helping her pay off her credit card debt. >> i made the decision i had to move some debt around and get off high interest rate credit cards. >> reporter: so she was paying 15% interest on her debt and turned to lending club a san francisco company that helps arrange peer-to-peer loans between individual lenders and individual borrowers at better rates than either could get from a bank. >> so interest rates range from about 6% all the way to 27%. but the average is about 13%. >> reporter: lending clubs ceo says approved borrowers post their loan requests on the company's website along with

information like their credit score and employment status and why they need the loan. then lenders decide if they want to help fund that loan. investors kick in between $25 and $100. so if loan does go bad each lender only takes a small hit. >> the amounts are not large compared to traditional loans. >> reporter: rick harper of the consumer counseling credit service says taking banks out of the lending equation can pay off but warns there are risks for borrowers and lenders. >> anytime you go outside the traditional way of lending, you need to be careful as a consumer. >> reporter: amanda decided it was worth the risk. she got a $6,000 loan at and apr of 6.75%. 9% less than she was paying her bank. >> hopefully i'll be out of debt in the next three years. >> reporter: you generally is to have good credit and a job to qualify. and lending club says about 90% of loan applicants are

rejected. on the consumerwatch, julie watts, cbs 5. >> call our hotline 1-888-5- helps-u. >> the storms are bringing snow to the sierra. this is a live picture. the storms are warm so that snow is heavy and wet. >> skiers are happy. >> we'll continue to see more snow through tomorrow. and then it turns over to rain but a colder storm is still heading this way. for the weekend. let's go to our live high-def doppler radar. let's go ahead and zero in on the santa clara valley, copious amounts of rain. it's a heavy downpour already on some saturated soil. three inches of rain right now has already accumulated from

wood veil all the way to woodacre and this is producing more rain. east of the bay now we head over to 680 heading north out of san ramon into walnut creek. it is definitely slippery when wet as is the sunol grade. pleasanton heading 680 south into san jose very moderate rainfall at this hour but san jose has been avoiding precipitation all day long, now in the east bay hills we are picking up light rain as well as the cambrian park district as well as avoiding precip around the peninsula but the winds have been the other problem on the other side of the coin. right now at sfo, at 29, 22 in concord in the east bay. low 20s right now around san francisco as far as those gusts are concerned. this is what we can all expect tonight. here's your futurecast. and we'll notice this slow- moving cold front still meandering around the northern portion of the bay area. tomorrow morning's commute would definitely be wet and then we get a little break in the activity tomorrow

afternoon. but between now and when we see that break, another inch and a half easily of rain in san rafael. nearly an inch in san francisco. that on top of the half inch that's already fallen so this is a system right now. two more upstream, another one way back there for the weekend. four systems in total so the bottom line is your weather headlines rain continues tonight. but the winds will begin to ease back a little bit of a break tomorrow afternoon until thursday morning then a colder system dropping our snow levels to 2,000 feet over the weekend. tonight in the 40s to 50 degrees. your temperatures span tomorrow for highs. that's not even the story but anywhere between 56 and 62 degrees. so again a little break tomorrow afternoon. a second system rolls in on thursday. one to three inches of rain. another system number 3 on friday. one to three inches of rain. and then we have that snow, rain and chance of thunderstorms in the forecast over the weekend. and that's the storm everybody is going to be talking about in

the high sierra. >> thank you. instead of writing the headlines a seasoned reporter has become the headlines. >> i heard it had gone viral and i didn't really understand what that meant. >> the olive garden review that's turned an 85-year-old marilyn haggerty into an internet sensation. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,

shots -- and it's even more of a challenge for an active teenager. living with diabetes is challenging the. you have to check your blood sugar, insulin shots. even more of a challenge for an active teenager. >> dr. kim mulvihill has the story of one young lady who won't let diabetes slow her down on the ground or way up in the air. >> reporter: sky's the limit for danielle foreman. five afternoons a week the high school freshman can be found hanging out in the kinetic arts center in oakland, spinning, twisting and twirling. she loves circus and circus loves her back.

the 14-year-old has been performing for four years and whether she's busy with aerial tricks or just clowning around, she does it all with a twist. danielle has type one diabetes. >> i was 4.5 when i was diagnosed with diabetes. >> reporter: she's proud of her diabetes and what she's learned from it. >> i don't believe that diabetes should slow you down. i think it should make you stronger. >> reporter: and strong, she is. an insulin pump won on her hip lets her focus on her routine. >> i can't imagine doing any of this with having to worry about like giving myself insulin. i'm focusing on, you know, staying up there, not on stuff. >> reporter: mature beyond her years, her parents say that comes with diabetes. >> she's very aware in a her life is in her own hands on a day-by-day basis hour-by-hour basis. >> getting low. normally needs 100 units. >> reporter: a lesson she takes

to heart and shares with others. >> why not be extraordinary when most diabetics struggle with the concept that they just want to be normal? i think danielle blows that away. >> reporter: for now, danielle is happy being a teenager. as for what's ahead? >> i'm 14. i have a while to figure it out. circus will always be a part of my life. >> reporter: now, circus is in danielle's blood. her great-grandfather was a strongman in the russian circus in the early 1900s. her troupe performs in the cirque du soleil tradition where every member of the circus is a human. they have 12 performances this month and you can go to our website at cbssf.com to learn more. >> good for her. talented, too. >> doing stuff that's super human. >> reporter: dynamite young lady. >> thank you. how about this dynamite lady? a seasoned newspaper columnist from north dakota has surged to web stardom after her ernest review of the local olive

garden went viral. 85-year-old marilyn haggerty said she had to ask her son what that meant. >> well, yeah. i heard it had gone viral and i didn't really understand what that meant. and so i asked him and he had to explain, well, mother, it's like if you have a virus and you're sick -- i said oh, so that's what it is. so... whatever. it's fine with me. >> she didn't have to go to the doctor, you know. it's good. in the article, she praises her lunch of chicken alfredo and salad and describes the olive garden as the largest most beautiful restaurant in town. within 24 hours, her review went viral notching more than 230,000 page views ander, well, i don't know if she is getting free meals but her phone has been ringing off the hook went view requests. -- with interview requests. >> there is voting tonight in the race for the republican presidential nomination. we'll tell you who is ahead tonight on the cbs evening news. ♪

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for eyewitness news at 6. i'm dana king. here's what we're working on for the 6:00 news. one strike and you're out? a california politician makes a play to ban some sports fans from games for life. the behavior that could get you blacklisted. >> and they are smarter than they look. how scientists are tapping baby brain power to make more intelligent computers. we'll have that and a whole bunch more at 6:00. >> smarter than a toddler. [ laughter ] >> thanks, dana. we're going to leave you with a shot from mobile5 of the storm. "cbs evening news with scott