Increasing rain in Bay Area expected by Friday as second storm system bears down on region

A slow-moving storm system got the ball rolling on what is expected to be a handful of damp, cold days in the Bay Area, dropping a small amount of rain on Wednesday and into early Thursday ahead of another heavier system expected to arrive Friday. The initial system produced about 1 1/3 inches of rain in Ben Lomond in the Santa Cruz Mountains over a 24-hour period ending at 6 a.m., as well as about two-thirds of an inch at Point Reyes of the Marin Coast, according to the National...